Innovation Consulting for K-12 Schools & Districts

The Tools Change.
The Thinking Doesn't.

Human skills are the moat AI can't cross.

I've spent 28 years helping schools build thinking environments. Scissors, then laser cutters, then 3D printers, now AI. Every wave, the same thing held true: the tool was never the point. The thinking was. Now AI is doing the knowledge work, and every district is staring at the same question. If AI can generate the answers, what do we teach kids to make, build, and judge? The schools that answer it are building a moat that gets deeper every time AI gets better.

See the Human Skills Day Ask a Question

One day. One price. $4,500 to start.

Mark Schreiber teaching innovation design to students at Colorado State University
Professor Colorado State University
Fellow Stanford FabLearn
Recipient Milken Educator Award
Network MIT FabLab
Colorado State University Intel Future Skills Stanford University American School in Japan Moses Brown School The Chapin School US Air Force CyberWorx

28 years · 5 continents · 500+ sites worldwide

We've Seen This Movie Before.
Here's What the Best Schools Did.

Every time a new tool arrived in education, the best schools asked the same question: how do we use this to deepen the work we already believe in?

They built the thinking environment first. Trained the teachers. Designed curriculum that builds judgment alongside capability. Then added the tools. The results? Students who don't just use AI. They direct it.

The schools that skipped this step? 40-60% of their makerspaces ended up underutilized. TechShop went bankrupt. Now AI is producing "slop" at the same rate laser cutters produced "crapjects." The pattern is predictable. So is the solution.

And the hiring data just raised the stakes. PwC found that entry-level roles exposed to AI are now 7x more likely to require creativity, judgment, and leadership. The skills your students will be measured on are exactly the ones AI can't do. That's not a threat to your school. That's your moat, and it deepens every time AI gets better.

We built the programs that worked. From Intel's Future Skills (500+ sites worldwide) to the innovation suite at American School in Japan. The secret was never the equipment. It was the thinking behind it.

2001 Scissors & Cardboard
2008 Laser Cutters
2012 3D Printers
2016 IoT & Robotics
Now AI & Human Skills
The thinking always made the difference.

Two Trainings. One Idea.

Build the moat: the spaces where students make, and the assignments that make them think.

For Districts & Schools · A One-Day In-Service

The Human Skills Day

Every teacher brings one real assignment they currently give. They leave with it redesigned for the AI age: process visible, a defense moment built in, AI's role decided on purpose. And it runs in their classroom within 10 school days. Not one more program. An upgrade to work they already assign.

  • The Wall: "AI can probably do this" vs. "AI can't touch this." The wall does the arguing.
  • The Sprint: a full design-thinking cycle, cardboard and tape, hands moving before 10am.
  • The Red-Team Lab: teachers try to break their redesigned assignment with AI. If it breaks, they tighten it.
See the Full Day One day. One price. $4,500 to start.

For Architects, Building Committees & New Spaces

Innovation Space Implementation

You're designing the space. We make sure it works as a learning environment, not just a floor plan. Program vision, equipment and layout decisions from concept through construction docs, and the teacher training that keeps a new innovation space from becoming a trophy room.

  • The program first: what students will make there decides what gets built.
  • The space: layout, equipment, and adjacencies that survive real school days. 8,000 sq/ft at ASIJ started here.
  • The people: staff training and curriculum so the space is alive after the ribbon cutting.
Start the Conversation Scoped to your project.

What We Build Together

Strategy, curriculum, training, and spaces. Not a slide deck.

The Human Skills Day

Our flagship district in-service. The evidence case, a hands-on sprint, and every teacher leaving with a redesigned unit and a plan. $4,500 to start. See the full day →

Curriculum That Builds Judgment

Scope, sequence, lesson plans, and assessments built around durable skills: creating, judging, problem-framing. Not a template. The same approach deployed by Intel to 500+ sites worldwide.

Teacher Training That Sticks

Hands-on, collaborative, subject-specific. Teachers experience the pedagogy before they teach it. From half-day workshops to multi-day intensives, built so it's still in use in May.

Innovation Lab Design

From concept through construction docs. Working with architects, building committees, and heads of school to design makerspaces and innovation labs, plus the thinking environment that keeps them alive after the ribbon cutting.

Student Entrepreneurship & Prototyping

Students design, build, test, and launch real products. AI accelerates every step. When they scan the QR code on the pitch board, it goes to a working prototype. Not a poster.

Keynotes & Speaking

"We've Seen This Movie Before" is the talk your faculty, board, or conference audience hasn't heard. Not another "AI is coming" presentation. A practitioner's case for what humans should learn next.

Mark Schreiber teaching in innovation lab

From Lasers to AI.
Big Ideas Just Got Bigger.

Mark Schreiber has spent 28 years helping people see what's possible and then build it. He designed 8,000 sq/ft of innovation suites at American School in Japan. Created Intel's Future Skills curriculum and watched it scale to 500+ sites worldwide. Won a Milken Award, and launched countless innovation programs along the way.

Today he teaches at Colorado State University's Richardson Design Center, where his students use design thinking and AI to go from idea to working prototype in a single class. The same classroom-tested approach he brings to your teachers. Not theory from a slide deck. Practice from last Tuesday.

Mark doesn't talk about innovation. He builds it.
And he's ready to help you do the same.

Professor, Colorado State University Stanford FabLearn Fellow Milken National Educator 28 Years in Innovation Education

Trusted by Education Leaders

"After learning about Mark's pioneering work leading the maker movement at American School in Japan, we sought out his expertise at Moses Brown. Mark advised us expertly. Now a year later, I can confidently say that our collaboration with Mark was a critical part of our success. But be forewarned: he has about 100 good ideas a minute!"

Matt Glendinning, Head of School, Moses Brown

Schools, Universities & Organizations

Intel Future Skills Stanford University Colorado State University American School in Japan Moses Brown School The Chapin School Hammond School US Air Force CyberWorx
American School in Japan Moses Brown School The Chapin School Hammond School Zeta Charter Schools Colorado State University US Air Force Academy Joy Labz (Makey Makey) Mackin Educational Resources Duchesne Academy (Houston)
Students designing at ASIJ innovation lab Design thinking workshop at Stanford FabLearn Mark Schreiber presenting at ISTE conference Laser-cut INNOVATE sign from student maker project Educators at Mark's ISTE workshop session Mark Schreiber keynote on leading making in schools

The Ground Is Shifting.

States are mandating AI policies. Parents are pushing back on screens. And employers just flipped the hiring equation.

82% Of teachers report no formal guidance on AI
7x More likely that AI-exposed entry-level roles require creativity, judgment & leadership (PwC)
35+DC States now restricting phones and screens in school
96% Of parents received zero AI communication from school

State AI mandates are landing now, and 2026-27 in-service calendars are being set this summer. The districts that book fall PD answer the mandate before the board asks.

Start the Conversation

Getting Started Is Simpler Than You Think

1

Intake Call & Teacher Survey

A 30-minute call about your district, plus a 10-question teacher survey. Their answers get quoted (anonymously) in the keynote, so the room hears itself in the first ten minutes.

2

The Day Itself

Hands move before 10am. Every block produces a visible artifact. Every teacher rebuilds a real assignment they brought, then tries to break it with AI. It runs within 10 school days.

3

Keep Building

You keep the durable-skills rubric, the redesign template, a point-person roster, and the pre/post numbers for your board. Plus the 30-day call where student work comes back.

The One-Pager Your Board Will Ask For.

A durable-skills rubric aligned to your state's AI guidance. What students should be able to make, judge, and create when AI does the knowledge work. Free. We email it to you personally.

No drip campaign. No spam. Just the rubric, usually within a day.

Let's Talk About Your School.

The first conversation is always about your school, not our services. Tell us what's on the calendar, what your board and parents are asking, and where your teachers are stuck.

Or reach out directly: mark at designcase.co