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Innovating Education is a weekly conversation with the thinkers, builders, and boundary-pushers reshaping the future of teaching and learning. Hosted by Dr. Riley Williams , the show brings together superintendents, system designers, researchers, EdTech founders, policy leaders, and visionary practitioners whose work is redefining what’s possible for students and educators. Each episode dives deep into the shifts transforming schools today—human-centered leadership, learning science, equity-driven design, continuous improvement, technology innovation, and bold district-level redesign. Our guests don’t just admire challenges; they show us how they’re tackling them through research-backed strategy, creative problem-solving, and real-world implementation. Whether it’s rethinking assessment, scaling deeper learning, building supportive adult cultures, redesigning systems for equity, or leveraging emerging technologies responsibly, Innovat
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Signup to Generate a PitchInnovating Education is a weekly conversation with the thinkers, builders, and boundary-pushers reshaping the future of teaching and learning. Hosted by Dr. Riley Williams, the show brings together superintendents, system designers, researchers, EdTech founders, policy leaders, and visionary practitioners whose work is redefining what’s possible for students and educators.
Innovating Education is hosted by Dr. Riley Williams. The show has published 39 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Schoolhouse 302: Intentional Instructional Leadership with Dr. Joseph Jones and Dr. T.J. Vari" (12 January 2026, 49 minutes), "Erin Thorkilsen: Humanizing Classroom Practice Through Learning Science" (1 December 2025, 37 minutes), and "Kwame Sarfo Mensa: Building Identity-Affirming Classrooms That Humanize Learning" (29 November 2025, 26 minutes).
Innovating Education publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 39 episodes.
Booking probability for Innovating Education is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Innovating Education requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Innovating Education's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dr. Riley Williams hosts Innovating Education, an education podcast with 39 episodes published.
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Episode #40
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Dr. Joseph Jones and Dr. T.J. Vari—co‑founders of TheSchoolHouse302, about why meaningful school improvement requires working through...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, we sit down with Erin Thorkilsen—educator, professor, and founder of Heart in Education, a professional development initiative focused on the human and relational...
<p>In this special Thanksgiving episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Kwame Sarfo Mensa—veteran educator, global consultant, and author of Learning to Relearn—about what it means for...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Steven Bollar—also known as Stand Tall Steve—an educator, former superintendent, author, and national speaker on school climate and...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Bob Safran, an educator and developer of the EGUMPP grammar program, about the place of explicit grammar instruction in literacy...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Eleni Soler—founder of Eleni’s Edge, educator, systems strategist, and certified coach—about how entrepreneurial thinking can inform...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Marc Williams—global speaker, educator, and co‑founder of Speaker Skills Academy—about redesigning how public speaking is taught in...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Dr. Jen Rafferty—educator, emotional intelligence practitioner, and founder of Empowered Educator—about teacher burnout as a systemic...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Ruthe Farmer—founder and CEO of the Last Mile Education Fund, former Senior Policy Advisor for Tech Inclusion in the Obama White...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with David Woodward—founder and president of Forefront Education and lead author of Universal Screeners for Number Sense—about why...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Justin Pickens—teacher, coach, speaker, and father—about what it means to build school culture from the inside out in systems that...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Nick Farrenkopf—founder and CEO of Wibly—about how interactive “knowledge trees” are reshaping how students understand and retain...
<p>In this episode of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Dr. Sandra Breece—CEO of School Founders Academy and founder of Telesis Center for Learning—about how one mother’s determination to support her...
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with psychologist, author, and strength-based education expert Dr. Steven Baron about how teachers can flip the script from deficits to...
Episode #26
<p>In this episode of the Innovating Education Podcast, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Dr. Natasha Veale—special education leadership consultant, dean, and author of How to Retain Special Education Teachers: A...
<p>In this Back-to-School special of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams talks with school leader Michael Maine about what it really takes to turn around a struggling campus when morale, trust, and results are all...
Episode #24
<p>In this Back to School special episode of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Mark Moring about what it means to follow a 31-year superintendent and still lead with authenticity, humility, and a fresh...
<p>In this episode of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams talks with Dr. Christopher Harrington—national edtech and digital learning leader—about two innovations that are redefining quality in virtual education...
<p>In this episode of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams sits down with Dr. Jason Williamson—leadership expert, author, and founder of the Second Mile Initiative—for a powerful conversation about what it means to...
<p>In this episode of Innovating Education, Dr. Riley Williams is joined by educator, author, and Innovageous co-founder Shira Woolf Cohen for a powerful conversation on what it really means to lead future-focused...
Recent guests on Innovating Education. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Superintendent of Schools in the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, New Castle County Vocational and Technical School District
creative director/consultant, Paramount Residential Mortgage Group
educator, author, TEDx speaker, founder, Empowered Educator
elementary PE teacher, motivational speaker
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