All Episodes

441 Students Were Actually Excited for Monday. Here's Why.

440 The Biggest Lie in Education? College vs. Career

439 The College vs. Career Myth Is Hurting Students

438 5 Truths High School Doesn't Teach You

437 The Real Reason Students Are Disengaged in School Right Now

436 CTE Works. Now Can Schools Keep Up? | Mark Covelle on the Future of Career Education

435 This Is What AI Is Doing to Schools Right Now…

434 Education Can’t Keep Up With AI… Now What?

433 What Makes a School ‘Good’? (And Why Nobody Can Explain It)

432 From ‘I Don’t Know’ to a Clear Plan: How Schools Can Unlock Student Direction

431 Two students. Same grades. Same skills. Only one succeeds. Why?

430 The 3 Lessons You Actually Remember From School

429 Rethinking CTE, Literacy, and Student Engagement

428 The College Board Move Most Educators Never Saw Coming

427 College Board Just Made a Massive Move Into CTE

426 The Secret Partnership Design Schools Need

425 Why Most School Partnerships Fail (And What To Do Instead)

424 CTE’s Secret Superpower: Boundary Spanners

423 College Is Broken? Why Internships Beat GPA Every Time

422 Harvard’s GPA Problem: Why Internships Matter More Than Grades

421 Traditional Field Trips Are Failing High School Students

420 Disrupting Education in 2026: What CTE Leaders Told Us

419 Education's Zero-to-One Moment - pega6 Series Episode 4

418 The pega6 Blueprint Universities Can’t Copy - pega6 Series Episode 3

417 Workforce Engineering for the AI Age - pega6 Series Episode 2

416 University Slayer: Higher Ed's Tipping Point - pega6 Series Episode 1

415 Student Voice, CTE, Aptitudes & Impact: Our Biggest Shifts in 2025

414 Teachers, AI, and the End of Business-as-Usual School

413 CTE Reimagined: From Workforce Pipelines to Future Leaders

412 When Education Finally Matches Who Students Really Are - YouScience Series Ep 6

411 - Aptitude in Action – A Live Look Inside YouScience - YouScience Series Ep 5

410 Beyond the Platform – The Future of Use with Edson Barton, - YouScience Series Ep 4

409 The Wins That Matter – When Aptitudes Turn Into Real Futures - YouScience Series Ep 3

408 Education with Purpose — Connecting Learning to Lifelong Success - YouScience Series Ep 2

407 The Exposure Gap: Awareness is the First Step - YouScience Series Ep 1

406 State, District & Community Models That Actually Work

405 The Mindset Shift That Disrupts Education

404 School or System? How We Stop the Pipeline

403 District Leaders Who Build

402 Career Academies That Work

401 Throw Out the Playbook: Scaling Innovation in Schools

400 Do The Opposite: Scott Carr’s Playbook for Re-Culturing Schools

399 The Future of Public Education Starts Here

398 How Virginia’s Lab Schools Are Disrupting Education

397 Community IS the Curriculum

396 EduVitality: Rewiring the Purpose of School

395 Packing the Parachute: Learning, Mentorship & Finding Your Place

394 Finding the Middle Ground with DG Sax

393 The Great College Question: Is It Still Worth It?

392 What really happens after graduation?

391 Unfiltered Lessons from Life After School

390 Real-World Detours: Liam’s 7-Year Reality Check

389 Be in the Room, Not Online

388 Why School Felt Childish—and What Isaac Palmer Did Instead

387 AI Won’t Save Education—But Student Voice Might.

386 The LEAF Lab Approach: Agility, Agency, and Authentic Learning

385 Rethinking Education with Agile Mindsets with Simon Holzapfel and Jeff Burstein

384 The Enrollment Cliff Is Here — Time to Rethink College and Career Paths

383 Funding the Future of Learning with Kathleen deLaski

382 Disengaged Students, Outdated Systems

381 LEGO, AI & Project-Based Learning with Dan Thomas

380 Professional Skills Over Perfect Grades with Jason Van Nus

379 Breaking the College-First Mentality in Education with Jason Van Nus

378 Hands-On Learning and Durable Skills

377 Empowering Students Through Woodshop Skills

376 Why CTE Matters More Than Ever

375 Bridging Schools and Industry: A Conversation with Dr. Mark Covelle

374 Winter Wrap-Up: Educators Innovating from Within

373 The Real Impact of Work-Based Learning with Jason Van Nus (Part 2)

372 Disrupting Talent Pipelines with Jason Van Nus (Part 1)

371 K through Gray - Building Viable Futures Through Innovative Leadership

370 Invest in Your Best: Crafting Viable Futures with Dr. T.J. Vari

369 Breaking Barriers in Rural Education

368 Transforming Education Through Internships with Jason Walke

367 Transforming Education: How One Yes Can Ignite Change

366 Empowering CTE: Innovation, Failure, and Industry Connections with Dr. Sandra Adams

365 Blank Pages and Big Leaps: The Doers in the System

364 Captivating Classrooms with Marc Isseks

363 Disrupting Education: A 2024 Year in Review and What’s Next for 2025

362 Disrupting Education: Insights and Actionable Steps

361 Growth Through Vulnerability: Self-Awareness in Education

360 What Skydiving Teaches Us About Letting Go, Learning, and Leading in Education

359 Experience-Based Education for Future-Ready Students

358 Building Durable Skills for a New Era with Dan Gonzalez and District C

357 Building Future Talent: The Power of Work-Based Learning

356 Empowering Students with Work-Based Learning with Brooke Rice

355 Revolutionizing Classrooms with Purpose-Driven Learning

353 Trusted Networks: The Key to Disruption

352 The Future of Work-Based Learning: Insights from Handshake's Chief Strategy Officer

351 Empowering Students Beyond College Pathways

349 Planting the Seeds: How Work-Based Learning Transforms Education

348 Transforming Work-Based Learning: Insights from Kristy Volesky

347 From Purpose to Process: Transforming School Culture for the Future

346 Scott Carr: Reimagining Education for Career and Community Readiness

345 Capping Crushing It: Building Purpose and Opportunity in Education

344 Innovating Education: Meeting Students Where They Are

343 From High School Hurdles to Media Mastery: Moe's Inspiring Path

342 Insights from a Gen Z Graduate

341 Class of 2024 Graduate's Take On Change in Education

340 Skydiving and State Parks: Expanding Horizons in Learning

339 From Med School Dreams to Park Ranger Realities

338 Transform Your Teaching, Inspire Growth

337 Transformative Goal-Setting with Nikki Green

336 Classroom to Career: The Impact of Hands-On Learning in CTE

335 Transforming Education Through CTE with Cindy Midgett

334 From Relaxation to Innovation: Summer Strategies for Educators

333 Crushing It: Unleashing Summer Learning for Dynamic Teaching

332 Summer Shift: Simplify, Reflect, and Crush the Next School Year

331 From Silos to Synergy: Rethinking Education

330 Breaking the Mold: How Dr. Jeanette Starpine Connects Science, Education, and Community

329 Building Innovation: Rethinking School Spaces and Funding

328 Rethinking School Design for Flexibility w/ Mary Ruppenthal

327 Is Being a Teacher Financially Viable?

326 Embracing Accountability: Fueling Student Growth

325 The Future of Education Through Practical Experiences

324 CAPS Network: Revolutionizing Learning Locally

323 Sandbox Revolution: Unleashing Education's Boundless Potential

322 Rethinking Structures and Embracing Technology in Education

321 Unlocking Opportunities: Insights for Educators

320 Online Tutoring Guru Discusses the Changing Landscape of Education in 2024

319 Leading the Charge in Teacher Attraction and Retention

318 Teacher Shortages = Power in Teacher Choice

317 Mastering Social Media for Academic Excellence

316 Transform Cell Phone Culture in Schools

315 Vulnerability in Education: A Powerful Path to Real Learning

314 Parenting from the Passenger Seat with Pam Roy

313 From Problems to Solutions: Disrupting Education's Status Quo

312 Launching into 2024 with Don Wettrick

311 2023 What A Year!

310 Unveiling Challenges and Opportunities in Education

309 Can you teach curiosity?

308 Behind Closed Doors of Education: Insights from 'Pencils Down'

307 Pencils Down, Quitting Educators

306 Alli goes back to the classroom... as a Subtitute Teacher!

305 Legal Strategies for Innovative Schools

304 A Lawyer and a Woodshop Educator Walk Into A Podcast...

303 - CTE Schools Are Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce

302 Global Competency and Career Exploration with Sylvester Chisom

301 Disrupting Education Onward

300 Episodes of Redefining Learning

299 - Imagining Education Beyond Tradition

298 - Empowering Education through Imagination

297 - Strategies for SEL and Teacher Well-Being

296 - Unpacking the Heart of Education with Dxtr Spits

295 - Reflecting, creating, ultimately changing education

294 - Hip Hop to Anime: Malcolm Crawford's Journey Beyond School

293 - Navigating the Digital Disconnect: A Summer Recap

292 - From Numeric Values to Meaningful Connections: Rethinking Education

291 Balancing Business and Teaching: Gabby Konopko's Path to Success

290 - Reimagining Education: Pathways to Passion

289 - From 'Check Boxing' to Empowered Learning, with Patrick Kowalczyk

288 - Revolutionizing Learning: The Tangible Approach

287 - Bridging the Trades Gap: Unlocking Opportunities in Skilled Trades for All with Ken Midgett

286 - Level Up Your Learning: The Fusion of Online and In-Person Gaming

285 - Empowering Students through Esports: A Conversation with Elliot Mack

284 - Unleashing Autonomy: Balancing Structure and Flexibility in Education

283 - Transforming Education: Empowering Teachers and Students with Propello

282 - Navigating the End of the School Year: Reflections and Revelations

281 - From Rockets to Wrenches: Exploring the Exciting World of Trade Skills

280 - Building a Future: Education, Trades, and the Skills Gap with Derek Cameron

279 - Conflict and Change: The Battle for Educational Innovation

278 - Reimagining the Connection between K-12 and Higher Education

277 - Behind The Scenes Conflict In Education

276 - Conflict, what is it good for...absolutely everything! with Gwen Hill

275 - CTE, Skills and Academics

274 - Durable Skills with Stephanie Short

273 - Learn for a skill not for a test with Jonaed Iqbal

#272 - A.I. Reflections with Alli and Peter

271 - A.I. Helps Solve Student's Descriptive Problems with Uzair Hussain and Adam Kozel

270 School Curriculum Will Need To Level Up Because Of A.I. with Daniel Bevan

269 - From Student Voice to A.I. Voice

268 - Beyond Grades and Tests: Caden Ketchman on True Measures of Learning

267 - The Importance of Reflective Writing with Caden Ketchman

266 - Going Through The Motions Is Not Learning

265 - The Productive Struggle with Kareem Price

264 - Teacher, Cosmotologist AND getting her PhD. with Olga Payne

263 - The Traditional Model of Education is Breaking in 2023

262 - Economic Development and Education with Nate Clayberg

261 - Uncensored Education with Robert Peppo

260 - 2023 Is Here! The Power Of Presence

259 Closing out 2022. A year of learning in Disrupting Education

258 - Centering Student and Teacher Agency with Dan Farley

257 - Education is the New Punk Rock with Martin Atkins

256 - Teach your class off with The Real Rap With Reynolds

255 - He leads the easiest way to find job training online.

254 - She Built a City to Teach Business!

253 - Will she go back to the classroom?

252 - What would you go back and change...

251 - Human Centered Learning Communities

250 - Authentic Learning Beats Grades

249 - Physics First, Grades Last

248 - Student Voice Leads to Challenging Questions

247 - He Aced The ACT and Questions Testing

246 - Having Space To Be Bored

245 - Romanticizing Learning

244 - Packing and Unpacking the Learning Journey

243 - Young Adults are ready much earlier than we think!

242 - There Really Isn't A Teacher Shortage

241 - Pop Quizzes Don't Work In Italy

240 - The Quick Fix Mentality In School Harms All Learners

239 - Is Traditional Education EVER Going To Change?

238 - Missed moments connecting academia and reality

237 - Gaps in Industry and Education Creates An Equity Divide

236 - The Entrepreneurial Mindset With A Digital Community

235 - Learn. Graduate. Get A Job - Or Owe Nothing.

234 - A Direct Route To High Potential Careers After High School

233 - Colab Con 2022!

232 - Students Know When Teachers Love What They Do

231 - More classes that open up doors for kids.

230 - Students Don't Want Busy Work

229 - More Course Choice In School

228 - Pushing Schools To Evolve

227 - Take the Leap to Fail Forward

226 - Physical Education is also Mental Education

225 - Educating Through Esports

224 - New Teachers Need Better Preparation

223 - The Power Of Job Shadowing In High School

222 - Plotting Plots - The Intersection of Reading and Data

221 - Igniting The Power in Every Child To Change The World

220 - Connecting Employers and Employees with Education with Jonathan Lau

219 Trust in Teacher Observations

218 - Collective Educator Agency

217 - Supply Of Educators Does Not Meet Demand

216 - Connecting Academia and Reality

215 - Burnout, Unions, Charters, Innovative Schools

214 Choice, Autonomy, Accountability

213 We Need Proper Training For Teachers

212 His Dissertation is on Teacher Burnout

211 The Declining Trend In Education Is Troubling

210 You won't reach your goals without a plan

209 - School Life and Real Life are Separated

208 - We Need More Options To Do Things Your Way In School

207 - Allow More Variety in High School Courses

206 - 2021 Was one hell of a year in education!

205 - School Models That Work For ALL Students

204 - Inclusive Mix Aged Classrooms

203 - Leadership From The Court To The Classroom

202 - Magnify Your Student's Strengths

201 - She Helps Students Tell Their Learning Journey

200! - Value Questions More Than Answers

199 - Helping Business Teachers Build the Innovators of Tomorrow

198 - Start Students At Why

197 - Lessons from your experiences are invaluable.

196 Creating Teacher and Student Inclusion

195 How Has Online Learning Impacted Academic Integrity

194 Networking and creating experiences early will bring clarity.

193 - Student led projects in manageable steps

192 - The power of student centered learning experiences

191 From accounting to social media marketing

190 A 15 year old making an impact in the sustainability sector

189 Helping make appropriate social media choices for families.

188 - Teens Tutor Teens

187 - Transform Learning with TannenbaumTech

186 Access Regardless of a Zip Code

185 - Teaching People to Become Unstoppable

184 - Saving teacher time and helping students focus.

183 - A Wellness-First Learning System

181 - Scholarships and Equity in Education

180 - Simplifying Curriculum Procurement

179 - She self directs her own learning experiences

178 - Venture For People®

177 - STARTedUP Empowers Student Innovators & Entrepreneurs

176 - Outdoor, Nature-Based Learning

175 - Helping Redesign the High School Experience

174 - EquitySim for Equitable Learning in Finance

#173 - She is the Online Tutor Coach

#172 - The Startup Teacher Playbook

#171 - This 13 year old empowers people.

#170 - Happy Teachers, Happy Students

#169 - From a P.E. teacher to OutboxEdu

#168 - Interview an Innovator

#167 - EdTech needs to personalize AND accelerate learning.

#166 - He's a 19 year old REALTOR®

#165 - Revolutionary Listening / Radical Empathy

#164 - Internships, Partnerships, and Connected Relationships

163 - There is no excuse for you to quit what you started.

162 - Educational Simulations For Authentic Learning

161 - She went Rogue in Education

160 - It's Simple Online Learning

159 - What Could Go Wrong?

#158 - Helping Educators Avoid Burnout

#157 - She started a Talk Revolution

#156 - The eLearning Partners

#155 - Super Superintendents

#154 - Life Coaches in Education

#153 - Expose Your Kids To Finance and Business Earlier

#152 - Working While In School Should Be An Elective

#151 - He Chose A College Degree Before Going To The MLB

#150 - Trust Based Observations are Essential in Growing Educators

#149 - How Teaching Math Started a Reinvention Journey

#148 - He helps companies find exceptional talent without college degrees

#147 - What we can learn from schools across the world.

#146 - Burn Your Resume

#145 - The Rebel Teacher Network

#144 - A Ghostwriter's journey through education.

#143 - The New England Innovation Academy

#142 - Start sooner to go further.

#141 - Disruption by Design Thinking

#140 - UX Designer meets Innovative Education

#139 - She has powerful conversations about what it means to be educated in the 21st century.

#138 - The Youngest PSM-1 Certified Student Talks Education

#137 - It only takes one relationship to change your life.

#136 - Bring Education Back To School By Updating The System

#135 - The 15 Year Old Turning Learners Into Leaders

#134 How Students Can Master Their Learning

#133 - Restorative Justice and Trauma Informed Practices Should be at the Forefront of Education

#132 The Importance of Cultural Intelligence in Education

#131 The future is bright for online education companies.

#130 What is it like to be a P.E. Teacher During eLearning?

#129 - Racial Equity Coaching in Educational Systems

#128 - There are tons of alternative school options out there.

#127 - Acting for a Cause

#126 She's Driven to Elevate Education

#125 Education needs to be more self directed.

#124 Educate at the speed of need.

#123 Moments of struggle are natural in a students educational journey.

#122 He won his first Rap Contest by learning to take a risk.

#121 It's about empowering kids to live an incredible life.

#120 He's the Educational Pyromaniac

#119 The current US educational system is not sustainable.

#118 Gender Inclusive Biology

#117 How can each individual find their own unique learning method?

#116 Mentorship programs could be really impactful in the educational system.

#115 We need to help students explore more before choosing college.

#114 The job market isn't uniform, why is education?

#113 From California to Cornell and Beyond

#112 Middle School Students Empowered By Their Community

#111 A professional photographer who is still in high school.

#110 School should focus on helping kids find their passion.

#109 Get into Ivy League schools without straight A's

#107 Two Communities Should Learn Together

#106 The Real Rap With Reynolds!

#105 Learn in innovative ways in this mansion!

#104 Put relationships over academics.

#103 How to be a successful young professional.

Disrupt Education Throwbacks Episodes 11-20

#102 Bring soft skills into the mainstream curriculum

#14 Disrupt Education Throwbacks 1-10

#101 Be Your Own Credential

#100 Mission: Unleash Human Potential

#99 Drones, 3D printing, A.I. the "Next Wave" of education is here.

#98 All Professors Should Be Practitioners

#97 Bringing a data driven mindset to education.

#96 Good Screen Time and Bad Screen Time

#95 The guy who told me not to get into education.

#94 Standing Up In The Classroom Is Not A Punishment, It Is A Right

#93 How to make a risk free entirely online education work.

#92 Find Meaning Through Reading

#91 Learn by working a project and collaborating.

#90 What should we really value in education?

#89 Get the students out of the four walls.

#88 Don't choose college to please your parents.

#87 Hawaii's Teacher of the Year

#86 Take control of your education.

#85 College might be the most inefficient path to finding out what you want to do.

#84 School does tear down students.

#83 There's so much crap in university curriculum

#82 College didn't help me and I am now $65K in debt.

#81 He's in the weeds everyday.

#80 ADHD is my superpower.

#79 Use your skills to help others.

#78 Teach students what it’s like to lose money.

#77 We must understand our students in order to serve them

#76 Everything is so fast paced... education needs to catch up

#75 It’s damn expensive to go to college to find yourself

#74 You have to listen to your heart in education.

#73 A college professor said some of you shouldn’t be in college

#72 Look for knowledge in everything you do.

#71 30% of those classes in high school you will never use again

#70 Students need to shift mindsets to high performance

#69 How the INCubatoredu launched a high school entrepreneur

#68 Why wait until college to explore your interests?

#67 Being told what to do for 11 years is not good in education

#66 High schools should have more fluid learning environments.

#65 Give a platform in schools for students to be heard

#64 The numbers game stifles kids passion about education

#63 College degrees are not always what they seem.

#62 There should be more time to explore careers in high school

#61 There’s a whole generation that needs education reform

#60 Electives should be part of the main curriculum

#59 Schools should have students test their craft in the market

#58 Education needs to treat students as clients not numbers

#57 The college competition game isn’t healthy for learning.

#56 Projects engage students more that 15 page math packets

#55 We need to encourage more creativity in schools.

#54 How a professional Doula would change education

#53 Senioritis is just Boredom

#52 Malcolm Crawford

#51 Ms Wait What

#48 Disruption Joe

#47 Naraia Griffin

#46 Afenya Montgomery

#45 Patrick Chrisp

#44 Sydney Babbington

#43 Dan Darrah

#42 Levi Baer

#41 Cliff Wright

#40 Joshua Seitz and Isaiah Easo

#39 Jeff Proctor

#38 Tom Herner

#37 Rachel Mautner

#36 Lucas Zeidner

#35 A Greater Good Foundation

#34 Brooke Owens

#33 Jen Kanwischer

#32 Jake Grant

#31 Will Bones

#30 Liam Sundling

#29 Shane Davis and Lloyd Yates

#28 Morganne Yambrovich

#27 Dasierra Owens

#26 Mecca Highsmith

#25 Ang Ali

#24 Alana Cunningham

#23 Reed Barron

#22 Darien Marion-Burton

#21 Carlos Font

#20 Darryl Allen

#19 Jonathan Beech

#18 Juanita Williams

#17 Bennett Sully

#16 Deno Andrews

#15 Christian Harris

#13 Luke Gawne

#12 Stephen Jackson

#11 Donny and the Machine on Disrupt Education

#10 Isaiah Mākar

#9 Amy Renzulli on Disrupt Education

#8 Jack Deiter

#7 Isaac Palmer on Disrupt Education

#6 David Douglas founder of Yolobe

#5 Dan Bevan on Disrupt Education

#4 Peter Mullin of OPC kicks on Disrupt Education

#3 StrongmanSeb

#2 The Disrupt Education Speech

Disrupt Education #1 - Derrick Griffin