On the Learning Can’t Wait podcast, host Hayley Spira-Bauer speaks with Dr. Daveda Colbert, Superintendent of Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA), about a life grounded in character, belief, service, and care for others. Colbert credits her mother, Jeanette, with teaching her that integrity matters as much as knowledge and describes how a one-week substitute-teaching assignment inspired her to leave a government accounting career for education. She later applied those values to help transform Oak Park Schools from an $8 million deficit and declining enrollment into a financially healthy, growing district by leading through example, rebuilding community trust, and expanding opportunities for students. Now supporting approximately 260,000 students across Wayne County, she emphasizes that every scholar can learn when they feel safe, seen, heard, included, and genuinely believed in.
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