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Dr. Cathy White

The Unintended School

How good intentions build the systems no one meant to build.

Every school runs on reasonable choices. This show looks at what those choices quietly add up to and asks a different question: how did we end up here, and what would make more sense?

ABOUT THE SHOW
The systems we build without realizing we’re building them.

The Unintended School is a podcast about education’s hidden architecture. Each episode looks beneath the surface of a familiar problem — teacher workload, burnout, leadership, culture, communication — and the habits that shape how schools actually function.

No villains, no easy fixes. Just a closer look at how reasonable choices, good intentions, and everyday habits create consequences we never meant to build in.

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  • Home
  • Books & Tools
    • For Teachers
    • For Special Education & Intervention
    • For Leaders
    • Tools
  • Articles
    • Special Education in Practice
    • New Teacher Foundations
    • Stay Grounded Blog
      • End-of-Year Survival Guide
      • 5 Ways to Build Emotional Armor for Difficult Meetings
      • The Open Loop Problem
      • The Hidden Drain on Teacher Energy: Identifying Invisible Work
    • Build Clearly Blog
      • Why School Leaders Fall Apart in June
      • The Hidden Exhaustion of Visible Leadership
      • Mind the Gap: Looking for Friction Before Adding Solutions
      • Relational Leadership Is Necessary But Not Sufficient
      • The Side Quests Are the Work
      • Design Over Initiatives
  • The Unintended School
  • Between Teacher & Self
  • School & District Resources
  • About