At this year's LearningSCAPES conference in Portland, our team at the Better Learning Podcast had the incredible opportunity to sit down with a diverse group of educators, architects, designers, and thought leaders from across the nation. We wanted to get to the heart of what "Radically Student Centered™" means from different perspectives, so we asked all our guests two key questions:

1. What does Radically Student Centered mean to you?
2. How does that phrase apply to the work you do every day?

The answers we received in this compilation episode were as varied and insightful as the guests themselves, each highlighting unique ways the concept of centering students drives innovation in education.

Our guests included:

Chuck Saylors

Vice President, JM Cope Construction

Rosemary Park

Educational Planner, SMMA

Abby Dacey

Architectural Principal, Mahlum Architects

Andy Cottrill

Associate Principal, Hutteball + Oremus Architecture

Séamus Kelly

Associate Principal, Mithun

Laura Durgerian

Senior Associate, Mithun

Jeffrey Mann

Facilities Planner, Bethel School District

Brian Parker

Vice President / K12 Director, MHTN Architects

Tina McKone

Project Manager, DLR Group

Meredith Watassek

Senior Educational Planner, Stantec Architect

Irene Nigaglioni

President, IN2 Architecture, Inc.

Andy L'Esperance

Director of School Projects, Goode Van Slyke Architecture

Sean O'Donnell

Principal + K12 Practice Area Leader, Perkins Eastman

Wayne Reynaud

Principal / Texas K-12 Practice Leader, HKS, Inc.

Sarah Knize

Associate Principal, Ratcliff

Leonardo Gonzalez Sangri

Global Practice Director for Education, HKS, Inc.

Ken Crawford

Executive Director of Support Services and Athletics, Ogden City School District

Sandi Massey

Chief of Leadership and Professional Development, Houston Independent School District

Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.

Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Find out more about Kevin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinstoller/.

For more episodes of the Better Learning Podcast, visit https://www.betterlearningpodcast.com/

Episode 203 of the Better Learning Podcast

Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.

For more information on our partners:

Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/

Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/

Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/

EDmarket - https://www.edmarket.org/

Catapult @ Penn GSE - https://catapult.gse.upenn.edu/

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