Abstract

In February 2016, we had the opportunity of visiting the D.School at Stanford University thanks to the funding of the direction of international relations of Universidad del Desarrollo. We met and interviewed some of its recognized faculty members and instructors. Among them was Sandy Speicher, managing director of ideo’s education practice. She introduced us to the innova schools project in peru and we were absolutely impressed by the innovative approach with which ideo faced this amazing challenge. Back in Chile, we contacted her again to know more about the project and write this article. Sally Madsen, senior design lead in ideo’s education practice also contributed with her deep knowledge of the organization and stages of the project and her thoughts on design and education. Finally, Aurelia Alvarado, innovation director at innova schools, gave us her view of the project, its implementation, impact, scaling and projections. This article is a story about the use of design methods to create an innovative school system and learning experience in Peru.