An Educated Guest
An Educated Guest is a podcast that dives deep into the innovations and trends shaping the future of education. The host is Todd Zipper who has over two decades as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce Development. He brings together visionaries, innovators, and operators from the education industry to explore the solutions that are transforming learning and work.
An Educated Guest
Latest Episodes
Ep.92 | Rethinking Assessment for the AI Era with ETS CEO Amit Sevak
What if the future of assessment is not simply about creating better tests, but about measuring what truly matters? In Episode 92, Todd Zipper speaks with Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS, about the organization’s evolution from the Educational Testing S...
Ep.91 | From Struggling College to Thriving University: Marian’s Dan Elsener on Thinking Big
When Dan Elsener became president of Marian University in 2001, the institution had roughly 1,100 students, significant financial challenges, and what he calls “one foot in the financial grave and the other on a banana peel.” More than 25 years...
Ep.90 | Funding Students, Not Schools: Stand Together’s Adam Peshek on the Future of Education
What if instead of funding schools, we funded students and families—and gave them the power to build an education around what each child actually needs?In this episode of An Educated Guest, Todd Zipper sits down with A...
Ep. 89 | From Hours to Outcomes: Fixing Work, Unlocking Productivity, and Reimagining the Essential Workforce with Array’s Fouad ElNaggar
What if the biggest problem with the way we manage people is that we're measuring the wrong thing? In this episode of An Educated Guest, Todd Zipper sits down with Fouad ElNaggar, co-founder and CEO of Array, to explore his provocative...
Ep.88 | Beyond the Sticker Price: Rebuilding Public Trust, ROI, and Value in Higher Ed with Strada’s Justin Draeger
In this episode of An Educated Guest, host Todd Zipper sits down with Justin Draeger, Senior Vice President of Affordability at the Strada Education Foundation and former President & CEO of NASFAA. Drawing on decades ...