📝 Episode synopsis

What happens when the world writes your story before you even begin?

In this deeply honest and urgent conversation, Dr. Dwight “Kofi” Rogers—district leader, author of Change the Narrative, Don’t Let the Narrative Change You, and 2025 ACSA Administrator of the Year—joins Dr. Joey Weisler to explore the lived realities of identity, perception, and power in education.

From growing up navigating isolation and racialized narratives in school to leading transformative conversations around equity and belonging, Dr. Rogers unpacks how societal narratives shape both students and educators—and what it takes to actively resist them.

Together, they examine the myth of neutrality in teaching, the emotional weight educators carry, the loneliness of leadership, and the responsibility teacher ...