The Student-Centered Shift: Empowered International Schools and Classrooms Through Project-Based Learning

Transformative Learning Experiences with Kyle Wagner is a show created for DISRUPTORS and INNOVATIVE EDUCATORS looking to create more socially, globally, emotionally aware citizens and student-centered classrooms through transformative project- based learning experiences. Through 1:1 interviews, Kyle dissects learning experiences from EDNOVATORS just like you, and unpacks the simple strategies and structures that allowed them to happen. To date, over 1,000 classrooms have been transformed through 1,000 + learning experiences.

GO DISRUPT!

Afraid to Step Back in Project-Based Experiences? Former Student Shares What Happens With Independence

Aug 4, 2026

Wondering if your students will succeed in projects when you stop leading every step? Or worried that giving them more independence will lead to less learning?

In this episode, I reconnect with Nikola, a former student from High Tech High who is now a mechanical engineer, to reflect on the student-centered experiences...

Think You're Building a Student-Centered Classroom? Start With These 5 Shifts

Jul 21, 2026

Trying to create a more student-centered classroom—but feeling constrained by curriculum, assessment, or time?

In this episode, the tables are turned as I'm interviewed by Dan from Future Anything about the simple shifts that transformed my own teaching—from traditional instruction to classrooms where students ask...

Struggling to Motivate Teenagers? What Adolescents Need To Thrive

Jul 7, 2026

Feeling like your students are becoming more disengaged, dependent, or resistant as they move into adolescence? Wondering how to build genuine independence without constantly reminding, managing, or motivating them?

In this episode, I sit down with Jan and Rhonda, two experienced Montessori adolescent guides, to explore...

Stop AI Cheating By Doing THIS: The Top 1% of Project-Based Learning Designs Chatbots Can't Replicate

Jun 23, 2026

Students using AI to avoid thinking? Wondering how to create learning experiences that can’t simply be generated with a chatbot?

In this episode, I sit down with Coach Mark, veteran educator and project-based learning leader from Hawai‘i, to explore why the rise of AI makes project-based learning more important than...

Want Independent Learners? 5 Simple Shifts That Help Students Lead Their Projects

Jun 10, 2026

Do your students constantly ask, “What do I do next?” Feeling like you have to manage every detail for projects to succeed?

In this episode, I take you inside two real student exhibitions—from upper elementary passion projects to middle school independent studies—to show what happens when students are given...