# What $600 Million Buys You in School Redesign | Mike Posthumus

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Podcast: [Getting Smart Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/getting-smart-podcast-3462)
Published: 2026-09-25T13:00:00+00:00
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A school in Singapore just spent over $600 million reimagining what a classroom should be, and it's not what you'd expect. Mike Posthumus, learning design principal at Fielding International, walks through how Singapore American School rebuilt its campus around a real learning model instead of the traditional "cells and bells" classroom design, and why that distinction changes everything about how kids actually learn. He also shares how a much smaller, budget-friendly version of the same idea transformed a public school district in Cranston.

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