AI, Agency & the Future of Education with Dr. Sabba Quidwai

In this episode, Dr. Sabba Quidwai, CEO of Designing Schools, joins the Better Learning Podcast to explore how educators, students, and communities can navigate AI with hope instead of fear. Drawing on her own path from history teacher to Apple to education consultant, she shares how districts like Roseville Joint Union High School District are bringing students, staff, and community members together to co-design AI-era graduate profiles — and why courageous leadership, shared culture, and storytelling matter more than any specific technology. Takeaways: • Hope is a teachable skill, not just a feeling — and it's the root of agency. • Design with people, not for them — Roseville built a graduate profile in just three sessions by including students, staff, and community. • Culture and story precede innovation — courageous leadership matters more than any specific tool. • Students need shared context, not just a voice, or they'll default to asking for rigid rules. • Local business partnerships make AI literacy real and practical without big budgets. About Dr. Sabba Quidwai: Episode 339 of the Better Learning Podcast 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/ Want to be a Guest Speaker? Request on our website (https://www.kay-twelve.com/pages/bett...)