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.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 16 episodes

Education By Design

Episodes

S2:E0 "Inside Out" with Phil Evans

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF THE EDUBYDESIGN PODCAST!This past year, I decided to sit with an uncomfortable truth: education is full of contradictions. We say every child matters, then design systems around averages. We ask teachers to ...

July 13, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 1 • 10:40

S2:E1 "Teaching at the edge: Think more, not less" w. Michele Lackovic

"I don't need an AI detector to tell me this isn't your work." After twenty-five years of reading student writing, Michele Lackovic knows when a voice goes missing from the page — and what she does next is the heart of this episode. Not ...

July 13, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 1 • 42:31

Point of Reflection S2E1 - Voice, silence, and owning our thinking

The Point of Reflection is the companion to each episode of Education by Design — a short, spoken reflection recorded after the conversation ends. This is where I sit with the ideas discussed with my previous guest. It's good ...

July 27, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 10:16

S1.E0: “Insight Out” with your host, Phil Evans

FIRST THREE EPISODES MAY 5, 2025Education by Design is a podcast for educators, school leaders, and changemakers who believe that learning should be more than compliant—it should be empowering. Hosted by educato...

May 02, 2025 • Season 1 • 6:44

S1.E1: Richard Hood on “Igniting Joy in Learning”

"Igniting Joy in Learning” dives deep into the strategies education leaders crave: practical ways to spark teacher inspiration, student engagement, and inquiry‑based learning that lasts. In this episode, veteran IB educator and professio...

May 02, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 27:20