Education By Design

The Education by Design podcast explores the architecture of learning environments—how schools are designed, not just operated—how culture is disrupted to make way for innovation and reaching potential.

Your host, Phil Evans is a career educator and creative. His guests bring inspirational and practical ideas into classrooms, all over the world. Join him as he engages with innovators who untangle the complexity of educational systems to align with shared values, common practices, and a common language to create powerful, human-centered learning experiences.

For any formal schooling system to have an impact, the central focus must be on learning. Let's learn together.

Dive deeper on the EduByDesign Blog: https://edubydesign.com/blog

Podcasting since 2025 • 13 episodes

Education By Design

Latest Episodes

S1:E11 Mel Coryell on "Braiding College and Career: Indiana's Innovative Apprenticeships Strategy"

In Indiana, a bold experiment is reshaping how students learn. Through the i-Lab, more than 150 leaders have joined forces to design a statewide apprenticeship model — one that connects high schools, employers, and higher education in new ways....

August 25, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 11 • 37:19

S1:E10 Jenny Gillett on "Designing for the future: Systems transformation" PART 2

Join me as I dive into the future of education with Jenny Gillett, the lead architect of the International Baccalaureate's groundbreaking Systems Transformation pilot. In this episode, Jenny reveals how she and United World College commu...

August 05, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 10 • 37:00

S1:E9 Jared DuPree on "Designing the future: Challenge-based learning" Part 1

What does it take to shift a school system from standardization to innovation? In this thought-provoking episode of Education by Design, host Phil Evans is joined by Dr. Jared DuPree for a conversation that challenges the boundaries of...

June 16, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 9 • 34:32

S1:E8 Markus Reneau on “Reimagining Potential: What If We Believed in Every Learner?”

When Markus Reneau asked his eighth-grade teacher if she thought he should apply for the one of the most rigorous educational programmes available to him, she looked him in the eye and said, “No.” Her reason? “It won’t be fun.” In a room...

June 09, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 29:51

S1:E7 Joshua Glazer on "Improvement by Design: Rethinking How Schools Change"

Why do so many education reforms fall short of their promise? In this powerful and wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Joshua Glazer of George Washington University unpacks what it really takes to improve schools — not through shortcut...

June 02, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 36:05