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Designing Schools
Hosted by Dr. Sabba Quidwai · education · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy. As you navigate today’s changing world the question remains how do you create these cultures? How do you scale them? And how do you help people develop the mindset and skills to thrive within them?These are the questions people ask Dr. Sabba Quidwai, researcher, educator and storyteller. Each week we’ll explore the answers with stories and strategies from researchers, education leaders and today’s young people as we explore how might we design schools.
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What is Designing Schools about?
Cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy. As you navigate today’s changing world the question remains how do you create these cultures? How do you scale them? And how do you help people develop the mindset and skills to thrive within them? These are the questions people ask Dr. Sabba Quidwai, researcher, educator and storyteller.
Who hosts Designing Schools?
Designing Schools is hosted by Dr. Sabba Quidwai. The show has published 199 episodes to date.
What has Designing Schools covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Oprah, Jensen Huang & Rick Rubin: 3 Questions to Ask Your Kid in the Age of AI" (12 October 2026, 59 minutes), "MIT Couldn't Teach Judgment: How to Start in Your School at the Next Staff Meeting" (9 October 2026, 39 minutes), and "The Class of AGI: How to Grow the One Skill AI Can't Give Your Kids" (6 October 2026, 52 minutes).
How often does Designing Schools publish?
Designing Schools publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 199 episodes.
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Booking probability for Designing Schools is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Designing Schools requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Designing Schools's contact route on record: verified email.
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- Oct 9, 202639 min
What do you say to a principal who watches a chatbot rewrite her goals and then asks, "Why'd you hire me?" In 2024, OpenAI trained its models to refine their thinking and catch their own mistakes, while schools kept...
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The Class of AGI: How to Grow the One Skill AI Can't Give Your Kids
Oct 6, 202652 minWhat is a kid learning when he films his homework every night to prove he didn't use AI? In one week in September 2026, OpenAI's chief scientist wrote that we need to "preserve human agency," and Gallup found that only...
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Schools Are Banning AI. What Are We Preparing Students For?
Sep 20, 202647 minPicture a ninth grader who graduates in 2030. Adults are deciding how she can use AI. Who’s asking what she hopes to do with it? This week on Designing Schools, Dr. Sabba Quidwai examines AI restrictions in New York and...
- Sep 15, 202621 min
AI detection may tell educators that a model was involved, but it cannot answer the question that actually matters: Did the student think, learn, and grow? This episode explores why schools should stop auditing...
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- Sep 14, 202619 min
AI tools can look transformative in a demo and fall apart when they encounter the messy data, workflows, and institutional knowledge of a real organization. Drawing lessons from former Lululemon CIO Julie Averill’s...
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Future Focus | Will Teachers Still Have Jobs? What New AI Research Says About the Future of Teaching
Sep 11, 202625 minNew research from OpenAI, Google, PwC, LinkedIn, and Coursera offers a clearer picture of how AI may reshape work and why teaching’s most human qualities may become its greatest protection. This episode explores why...
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Future Focus | 98 Students Wrote an AI Policy. What They Protected Says Everything About School | Week of August 10, 2026
Aug 28, 202624 minWhen 98 high school students from all 50 states gathered in a replica of the U.S. Senate, they did what many adults have struggled to do: debate and pass a detailed policy for AI in schools. But their Students First Act...
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Future Focus | Stop Chasing the Best AI Model: Build a Strategy That Survives the Next Release | Week of July 17, 2026 (Companion Episode)
Aug 26, 202618 minWith Claude for Teachers, ChatGPT, and Gemini all competing for classrooms, school leaders may feel pressure to pick the “right” AI platform, but that’s the wrong place to start. This episode explains why sustainable AI...
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Future Focus | AI Is Changing Work Faster Than Schools Can Adapt—Here’s What We Teach Now | Week of July 17, 2026
Aug 12, 202613 minAs Nobel laureates, economists, and AI researchers warn that society may not be ready for AI-driven disruption, Dr. Sabba Quidwai asks the question educators actually need answered: What does “act now” look like in...
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Future Focus | The AI Readiness Gap No One Is Talking About: Why Perfect Grades Are Producing Unprepared Graduates | Week of June 26, 2026
Jul 19, 202624 minA dramatic cheating case at Brown University reveals a much deeper issue than AI misuse—it exposes an education system that rewards grades over genuine learning. Drawing on new Microsoft and Docebo research, Dr. Sabba...
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Future Focus | 86% of Kids Are Already Using AI - The Question Isn't If, It's How | Week of June 15, 2026
Jul 15, 202624 minAI has already become a daily thinking partner for most students, yet many are navigating its use without the decision-making frameworks needed to use it responsibly. In this episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai explores new...
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Future Focus | The AI Trust Crisis in Education: Why Portfolios Are Becoming the New Proof of Learning | Week of June 8, 2026
Jul 12, 202619 minAs AI transforms both classrooms and the workplace, educators face a growing crisis of trust. In this episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai explores why AI detection tools are creating unintended harm, how surveillance is...
- Jul 7, 202641 min
While many headlines claim Gen Z is using AI as a "cheat code" to avoid hard work, 17-year-old developer Olivia is proving that the opposite is true. In this episode of The Spark Effect , we debunk the narrative that...
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From High School Senior to Author & Entrepreneur: Eme Williams
Jul 1, 202643 minStop telling young people to wait for the future, they are already building it. In this premiere of "The Spark Effect" series, high school senior, author, and entrepreneur Eme Williams shares how "baby steps" in the...
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He Stopped Climbing the Ladder and Built His Own Door
Jun 26, 202654 minJacob Kantor was the number one sales rep everywhere he went - McGraw Hill, LAUSD, Varsity Tutors, Revolution Prep. He could have kept doing that forever. Instead, he created JK K12 Consulting and gave himself a title...
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Future Focus | Prompt the Human Before the Machine: The New Rule for Learning and Work | Week of June 1, 2026
Jun 13, 202630 minDrawing on Microsoft's new Preparing Students for the Future of Work report, Dr. Sabba Quidwai challenges the common narrative that AI is replacing workers. Instead, she argues that AI is eliminating traditional...
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Future Focus | The AI Story We Keep Getting Wrong: Why Graduates Are Booing, Hope Is Declining, and Agency Matters More Than Ever | Week of May 26, 2026
Jun 8, 202647 minIn this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai explores how the narratives we tell about AI are shaping our perceptions, decisions, and sense of agency. Through stories ranging from a viral Monet experiment to...
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Future Focus | Do I Still Matter? AI, Layoffs, and the Human Skills the Future Still Needs | Week of May 18, 2026
May 28, 202648 minIn this deeply reflective episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai explores the emotional question underneath today’s AI conversation: Do I still matter? Through stories of corporate layoffs, classroom innovation, leadership...
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Future Focus | Do I Still Matter? AI, Layoffs, and the Human Skills the Future Still Needs | Week of May 18, 2026
May 28, 202648 minIn this deeply reflective episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai explores the emotional question underneath today’s AI conversation: Do I still matter? Through stories of corporate layoffs, classroom innovation, leadership...
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Dr. Sabba Quidwai
educator, entrepreneur and voice on cultivating human skills for AI, designingschools.org
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Jerry Almendarez
superintendent, Santa Ana Unified School District
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Matt Russell
commentator, broadcaster, sideline reporter, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
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Jakob Knutzen
Co-Founder and CEO, Butter
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