Getting Smart Podcast
510 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsThis podcast has over 500 episodes highlighting developing trends in K-12 education, postsecondary and lifelong learning. Each week, Getting Smart team members interview students, leading authors, experts and practitioners in research, tech, entrepreneurship and leadership to bring listeners innovative and actionable strategies in education leadership.
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Steve Katsouros on Inclusive, Accessible College
April 15, 2022 06:30 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Getting Smart Services. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Steve Katsouros, founder and CEO of the Come To Believe Network, an inclusive and accessible college model. The network was inspired by the success of Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago which has been recognized as a national model for increasing the college graduation rates for low-income students of color. Let’s listen ...
Shannon Buerk on engage2learn and Equitable Support for Educators
April 13, 2022 06:30 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Shannon Buerk, the Founder & CEO of engage2learn. Engage2learn is a platform that grows high-performance cultures in public schools to sustain local visions of learning for students. With 28 years of K-12 experience, Shannon has partnered with 225 school districts–impacting 2.3 million public education students to date.
Todd Smith and John Batcher on Helping Students Find Their Why
April 08, 2022 06:30 - 31 minutes - 36.1 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Smart Sprints. Find out more here. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Shawnee Caruthers is joined by co-founders of Symphony Workforce, Todd Smith and John Batcher. Symphony Workforce is a gamified solution for career discovery and talent acquisition. Let’s listen in as they discuss connecting students to their community, what district and workforce partnerships look like and more. Links: Symphony Workforce Find t...
Chris Emdin on STEM, STEAM, Make Dream
April 06, 2022 06:30 - 35 minutes - 40.7 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by our upcoming Smart Sprint, Bring Your Portrait of a Graduate to Life. You can register here. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by the one and only Chris Emdin, founder of HipHopEd where he is the colleague of our former guest Timothy Jones. Chris was also the Multicultural Educator of the Year award recipient and is the author of books like For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Res...
New Pathways Town Hall
April 01, 2022 06:30 - 56 minutes - 64.3 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by our upcoming Smart Sprint, Bring Your Portrait of a Graduate to Life. You can register here. This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a recording of a recent Getting Smart Townhall — New Pathways: Every learner on a personalized path to opportunity. This event kicked off our latest campaign which will serve as a road map to the new architecture for American schools, where every learner, regardless of zip code, is on a pathway to...
EduCatered: Elizabeth Herbert
March 30, 2022 06:30 - 23 minutes - 27 MBWe are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That’s Catered to Educators. Subscribe here! On this episode of EduCatered we’re joined by Elizabeth Herbert, the Social Studies Department Chair at Gateway STEM high school in St. Louis Public Schools. Elizabeth spent some time teaching in Costa Rica and Nicagaragua and you’ll likely find her obsessing over her cats, binge-watching or reading a great thriller. Shawnee and Elizabeth talk about a ...
Harriette Thurber Rasmussen and Mohammed Raei on Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy
March 25, 2022 06:30 - 42 minutes - 49.1 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by engage2learn. Contact them today! On this episode, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Harriette Thurber Rasmussen and Dr. Mohammed (Mo) Raei, co-editors of the new book Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy: Perspectives for Application and Scholarship. Dr. Rasmussen is an organizational development coach and an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University. Dr. Raei is an independent leadership and organization development c...
Dr. Fernande Raine on Russia, Teaching Peace and a Global Story
March 23, 2022 06:30 - 48 minutes - 55.6 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined (again) by Dr. Fernande Raine, the Founder of The History Co:Lab, social entrepreneur and Russia scholar. She also leads The Learning Collaborative, an organization that works to change the way we teach and collaborate around history. LINKS: The History Co:Lab Dr. Fernande Raine On Using History and Museums to Incubate Changemakers Turning Points: New Mental Models The Asia Society: International Affairs U...
Mark Schneider on Skills and Experiences That Matter (Live from SXSW EDU)
March 18, 2022 06:30 - 27 minutes - 31.9 MBOn this special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Mark Schneider live at SXSW EDU. Mark is the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education. Prior to joining IES, he served as vice president and an Institute Fellow at American Institutes for Research (AIR) and President of College Measures. In 2013, the Chronicle of Higher Education selected him as one of the 10 people who had the most impact on higher education policy that ye...
Kenny Rodrequez and Paul McCorkle on Culturally Responsive Real World Learning (Live from SXSW EDU)
March 16, 2022 06:30 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBOn this special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers hosts a live conversation at SXSW EDU with Kenny Rodrequez, Superintendent of Grandview C-4 School District and Paul McCorkle, Associate Executive Director of Cornerstones of Care. Listen in to hear them discuss essential skills, connecting to communities, economic mobility and much more. Links: Kenny Rodrequez Paul McCorkle Grandview C-4 School District Cornerstones of Care SXSW Episode Link
Jennifer Seydel and David Sobel on Whole School Sustainability
March 11, 2022 07:30 - 43 minutes - 49.5 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Jennifer Seydel and David Sobel, co-authors of the new book Trailblazers for Whole School Sustainability. Jenny is the Executive Director of the Green Schools National Network and has decades of experience in the classroom and building new green schools around the world. David is an avid writer and speaker on outdoor education and play-based learning and is the Professor Emeritus in the Education Department at Ant...
Mike Ruyle and Dr. Jason Cummins on The School Wellness Wheel
March 09, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 42.7 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Mike Ruyle, a former educator, a recognized voice in trauma-informed care and the recent author of the book The School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement. We are also joined by co-author Dr. Jason Cummins, who is a Crow tribal member and principal from the Crow reservation in Montana. He was also recently the Montana Indian Educator of the Year and is th...
Aaron Schorn and Trinity Asing on Sustainability and Youth Entrepreneurship
March 04, 2022 07:30 - 33 minutes - 38.2 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Aaron Schorn, Head of Growth & Community at Unrulr. He is also a Getting Smart Columnist. They are also joined by Trinity Asing, the founder of Mauka Market - the world’s first regenerative marketplace. Aaron supported Trinity’s journey at Nalukai, a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Hawai’i. We’re thrilled to talk with these inspiring guests about youth entrepreneurship, sustainability and ecoschoo...
Baratunde on How to Citizen
March 02, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by one of his favorite podcast hosts… Baratunde Thurston, host of the How to Citizen podcast. Baratunde is an Emmy-nominated host, author of the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black, and creator/host of How To Citizen with Baratunde which Apple named one of its favorite podcasts of 2020. He’s also a founding partner of the new media startup Puck. He will also be keynoting SXSW EDU alongside his friend Priya Parke...
EduCatered: Dr. Tequilla Brownie
February 25, 2022 07:00 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBWe are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That’s Catered to Educators. Subscribe here! At Getting Smart, food, education, and innovation are at the heart of our recipe. This podcast mixes it all together to get to know teachers that are doing the work and making a difference. We start with the appetizer: what makes these educators unique. Then to the main course, stories and experiences that have helped to shape their practice. Finally, d...
Joseph South on Purpose-Driven Expertise
February 23, 2022 07:30 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Joseph South (@southjoseph), Chief Learning Officer at ISTE. Joseph formerly served as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Let's listen in as Tom and Joseph discuss the importance of expertise and providing students with the chance to do work that matters to them and their community. Where to go for more? Peak: Secrets from the new Science of Expertise ...
Caroline Hill on Black Next-Story Month and equityXdesign
February 18, 2022 07:30 - 41 minutes - 47.8 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Caroline Hill, a Washington DC based education entrepreneur and founder of 228 Accelerator. Caroline also is the creator of the equityXdesign framework, a way of building on design thinking and other design processes to ensure human-centered and equitable practices. Let’s listen in as Tom and Caroline discuss the importance of mindfulness and wellness for leaders, what drives innovation, reimagining black history mo...
Getting Smart Town Hall: The Great Education Unbundling
February 16, 2022 07:30 - 55 minutes - 63.3 MBOn this episode of the podcast, we are running a recent Getting Smart Town Hall recording all about unbundling and re-bundling learning experiences. The conversation covered schools and programs that are reframing learning to credential, credit, and count programs and experiences outside of the traditional pathways in order to better meet the increasing variety of school choice, increasing demand by parents, and increasing quality options. This event was co-facilitated by team members Nate...
Tania Anaissie, David Clifford, and Victor Cary on Liberatory Design
February 11, 2022 07:30 - 33 minutes - 38 MBThis episode of the podcast is brought to you by the Smart Update, our weekly newsletter. Sign up today. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by a superstar lineup of design thought leaders to discuss liberatory design. Victor Cary, Senior Director at the National Equity Project (formerly known as the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools) has worked in education for over 40 years, starting as a high school teacher in Richmond, CA. David Cliffor...
Jenna Mancini Rufo on Reimagining Special Education
February 09, 2022 07:30 - 28 minutes - 32.6 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Jenna Mancini Rufo, co-author of Reimagining Special Education: Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students alongside Julie Causton. Jenna is the CEO of empowerED, an education consulting firm specializing in inclusion, special education, and equity. In addition to being a special education teacher, Jenna has experience as a former Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Director, an...
Educatered: Rachael Fenner
February 04, 2022 07:30 - 17 minutes - 19.8 MBWe are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That’s Catered to Educators. Subscribe here! On this episode of EduCatered we’re joined by Rachael Fenner, a Reading Specialist and Teacher at Carr Lane, a Visual and Performing Arts Middle school in St. Louis. Rachael is fond of walking her dog Mocha, reading young adult fiction and you know our favorite… cooking. Shawnee and Rachael talk about a range of topics - from the difficulties of middle ...
Taylor Shead on the Metaverse of Learning
February 02, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBYou’re listening to the Getting Smart Podcast. I’m Nate McClennen and today I’m joined by Taylor Shead, the CEO of STEMuli. STEMuli is a Dallas-based company that is building technology skills for the workforce in order to build a diverse talent pipeline. They are also the first educational metaverse that has been integrated into public school in the U.S.. Recently, STEMuli was awarded the Transformation Award from Forbes. Let’s listen in as Nate and Taylor discuss what the metaverse is, w...
Ken Kay and Yong Zhao on Beyond the Portrait of a Graduate
January 28, 2022 07:30 - 39 minutes - 44.8 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by GettingSmart.com where we recently ran a related post called So You Designed a Profile of a Graduate, Now What? On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ken Kay, founder of Partnership for 21st Century Skills, leading advocate of the 4C’s and its successor EdLeader 21, and co-author of Redefining Student Success, featured on an August episode of the Getting Smart Podcast. We are also joined by D...
Getting Smart Town Hall: What's Next in Learning 2022
January 26, 2022 07:30 - 55 minutes - 63.4 MBYou're listening to the Getting Smart Podcast. On today's episode we are sharing a recording of a recent town hall event called What's Next in Learning: 2022, which was led by the Getting Smart Team. Over the course of the conversation we spotlight inspiring audience members, share tons of leading examples and drop links to some of our favorite resources. You can find those links here. We hope you enjoy and register for our next town hall here.
Stig Leschly on Innovating Within Higher Education
January 16, 2022 19:18 - 32 minutes - 37 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Stig Leschly, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School where he teaches entrepreneurship. Stig is a practicing entrepreneur, and is currently the CEO and Founder of College101, an issue advocacy organization focused on US higher education. Let’s listen in as they discuss what can be done to fix higher education, maximizing advocacy and more.
Crosstown Students on Co-authoring Learning Experiences
January 12, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 31.1 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is brought to you by the upcoming Smart Sprint, which kicks off January 24th. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Getting Smart’s Educator in Residence Deion Jordan is joined by a few very special guests from Crosstown High in Memphis, TN — Ava, Dallas, and Vera. They are all seniors at Crosstown High school. For the past four years, these students have held various leadership roles and contributed greatly to the Imagineering and envisi...
Dr. Gilda Barabino on Olin College’s Powerful Learning Environments
January 05, 2022 07:30 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by the spring cohort of Education Reimagined’s Learning Lab Orientation. You can register now! On this episode, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Gilda Barabino, the President of the Olin College for Engineering. Dr. Barabino is also the Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Olin. She is the president-elect of AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and previously served as Dean of The Grove School...
Rhonda Broussard on One Good Question
December 22, 2021 07:30 - 37 minutes - 43.5 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by What If. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Rhonda Broussard, founder of Beloved Community, veteran educator, student of the world and author of the upcoming book One Good Question. Let’s listen in as they discuss agency, education in 2030, equity audits and much more.
Town Hall: Green Schools and a Sustainability Mindset
December 17, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 55 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Smart Sprints. We recently hosted a Getting Smart Town Hall alongside Green Schools National Network to spotlight some of their recent work on establishing a GreenPrint, a framework and philosophy for building an ecosystem of sustainability minded schools and learners. Check out the full show notes here. Learn more about the GreenPrint. View links from the event.
Greg Toppo and Jim Tracy on Running with Robots
December 15, 2021 07:30 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBThis episode is sponsored by our upcoming Smart Sprint. Find out more here. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Greg Toppo and Jim Tracy, co-authors of the new book, Running with Robots: The American High School’s Third Century. Greg Toppo is a journalist who has covered education for more than twenty years. He is also the author of The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter. This is Jim’s second time on the podcast. J...
EduCatered: Rachelle Dené Poth
December 10, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 21 MBOn this episode of the EduCatered podcast, we're joined by Rachelle Dené Poth, a Spanish and STEAM educator who lives in Pennsylvania. She is also a Getting Smart Columnist and active conference goer, tweeter and the first person to jump into a new tech solution. Shawnee chats with Rachelle about a range of topics, ranging from the importance of being involved to apple pie. She also expresses gratitude for the work of Katie Martin, a friend of Getting Smart as well! You can check out Kati...
Brent Maddin on Reimagining the Teaching Profession
December 08, 2021 07:30 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Brent Maddin, Executive Director of Next Education Workforce at Arizona State University. Brent leads a team that is collaborating with P-12 practitioners and higher-ed faculty to help design the roles of current educators, expand who enters the education workforce, and rethink how we develop and credential these educators. Prior to coming to ASU, Brent was a co-founder and Provost at the Relay Graduate School of Edu...
Annie Murphy Paul on The Extended Mind
December 01, 2021 07:30 - 32 minutes - 37.2 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Annie Murphy Paul author of the new book The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain. For the past decade, Annie has been a leading brain science writer on The Brilliant Blog. Let’s listen in as Tom and Annie discuss the importance of the body in using the mind, how this can be better applied in schools and distributed cognition.
Kiko Suarez on Comprehensive Learner Records
November 24, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 34 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Kiko Suarez, VP of Higher Education and Workforce Development at Territorium, a global edtech company connecting learners with recommended jobs. Territorium recently launched its AI-powered Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR), into the U.S. to break down the barriers between universities and employers. Let’s listen in as Tom and Kiko discuss why learner records are so important, the state of higher education and who...
Difference Making at the Heart of Learning: A Getting Smart Town Hall
November 19, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 57.2 MBThis episode of the podcast is a re-publishing of our recent Getting Smart Town Hall we are celebrating the one year bookiversary of Difference Making at the Heart of Learning by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag. We talked with our live audience about purpose-based learning, getting communities involved and how this ties into the idea of a global citizen. You can find links to the resources mentioned here. For a quick recap you can read it here.
Clifton Taulbert on Habits of the Heart
November 17, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Clifton Taulbert, an acclaimed author, speaker and entrepreneur. His life story, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored became a critically acclaimed 1996 movie and one of his books was sent to Nelson Mandela as a gift for his release from prison in 1990. His most recent book, The Invitation, was chosen by the Architect of the United States Capitol as part of the 50 the anniversary celebration of the signing of the ...
Christine Ricci and Leo Morton on Connecting Schools and Industry
November 10, 2021 07:30 - 31 minutes - 35.8 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Christine Ricci and Leo Morton, two business leaders from Kansas City who recently met with Tom at a Kauffman Foundation-sponsored real-world learning event. For the last five years, Christine served as CEO of Phone Medic, also known as UbreakIfix, an electronics repair chain. She has had twenty years of executive leadership in healthcare and tech with companies like HCA, Cerner, Sprint and more. Leo Morton is a ...
Luke Harris on Problem Finding in High School
November 05, 2021 06:30 - 22 minutes - 25.2 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined by a very special guest — Luke Harris. Luke is a Junior at Horace Mann high school and has described himself as “enjoying taking things apart and not quite getting them back together.” For the past two years, he has been developing a design engineering curriculum for kids, created to teach real-world entrepreneurial and engineering skills. Let’s listen in as they talk about the design process, why problem solving and f...
Carla Marschall on Worldwise Learning
November 03, 2021 06:30 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Carla Marschall, co-author of the new book Worldwise Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future, which is a guide focused on supporting K-8 learners in gaining a better understanding of how to be global citizens. Carla has held leadership roles in international schools in Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore over the past ten years and currently works as the Director of Teaching & Lear...
EduCatered: Ululani Shiraishi, Kamehameha Schools
October 29, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBWe are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That’s Catered to Educators. It’ll be on its own podcast feed soon! At Getting Smart, food, education, and innovation are at the heart of our recipe. This podcast mixes it all together to get to know teachers that are doing the work and making a difference. We kick off the podcast series with Ululani (Ulu) Shiraishi, a middle school language arts teacher at Kamehameha Schools Maui. She is also a mo...
Robert Simmons III on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advocacy and Scholarship
October 27, 2021 06:30 - 40 minutes - 46 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by the Getting Smart newsletter: Smart Update. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Robert Simmons III. Robert is a scholar and activist on diversity, equity and inclusion. Robert serves as a Scholar in Residence and a Scholar of Antiracist of Antiracist Praxis in the School of Education at American University and as a member of the Diversity Scholars Network at the National Center for Institution...
Dr. Kim Alexander and Alton Frailey on Rural Innovation
October 20, 2021 06:30 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MBBe sure to sign up for our Smart Update newsletter to get a weekly round up of what's innovative in learning. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Kim Alexander and Alton Frailey from Collegiate Edu Nation (CEN). Kim is the CEO of Collegiate Edu Nation and has spent most of his career at Roscoe Independent School District where he served as superintendent from 2003 to 2019 before transitioning to lead CEN. Kim has done so much in Roscoe to promote ea...
Daniel Pianko and Nasir Qadree of Investing in the Future of Learning
October 15, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Daniel Pianko and Nasir Qadree. Daniel is the co-founder and managing director of Achieve Partners, an investment fund harnessing digital transformation to build new models for learning and new pathways to good jobs. He also hosts the Better Money, Better World podcast. Nasir Qadree is the Founder and Managing Partner at Zeal Capital Partners, an inclusive investment vehicle partnering with entrepreneurs to bridge America's W...
Ask Away: A Getting Smart AMA
October 13, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 56.3 MBGetting Smart recently hosted a monthly town hall event called Ask Away: A Getting Smart AMA (Ask Me Anything). We invited the audience to ask us questions about leadership and the future of learning and we did our best to answer them. We recorded the session and you can listen to it now. You can register for our next town hall on Difference Making here.
Timothy Jones on HipHopEd and Techniques4Learning
October 06, 2021 06:30 - 35 minutes - 41 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Getting Smart team members Mason Pashia and Shawnee Caruthers are joined by Timothy Jones, a long-time educator, coach, mentor and someone who lives and breathes hip hop. Timothy is the Chief Visionary Officer at #HipHopEd, a digitally-birthed organization with a sprawling membership of brilliant educators and passionate advocates that know just how powerful this intersection can be. He is also the founder of Techniques4Learning, a company dedi...
Sarah Stein Greenberg on Creative Acts for Curious People
September 29, 2021 06:30 - 36 minutes - 41.4 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Sarah Stein Greenberg, the Executive Director of the Stanford d.school and the recent author of Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways. Sarah has spent the last decade leading d.school and her new book is a masterclass in design activities, design process and creativity. Throughout the episode Sarah and Tom mention "Sam", they are referring to Sam Seidel K12 Lab Director of Stra...
Amy McGrath on Learning Under Quarantine
September 22, 2021 06:30 - 31 minutes - 36.2 MBThis episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by GettingSmart.com. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen is joined by Amy McGrath, Deputy Vice President of Arizona State University. They discuss Learning Under Quarantine, a new model that is a fully adaptable, just-in-time learning support for students who have been temporarily sent home for any reason. Amy has spent the vast majority of her career in education, working in education innovation and transfo...
Dr. Ulcca Joshi Hansen on The Future of Smart
September 15, 2021 06:30 - 33 minutes - 37.9 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Dr. Ulcca Joshi Hansen, the Chief Program Officer at Grantmakers for Education. She is also the author of The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive. Ulcca has a career built upon learner-centered and inclusive education policies and her new book looks for ways to incorporate those human-centered approaches alongside social justice and large-scale education reform....
Remembering Dr. Roger Weissberg (Repost)
September 10, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBDr. Roger Weissberg passed away this week after a multi-year battle with cancer. Roger always strove to live social and emotional learning as well as teach it, and he helped to shape much of the present day vision of what education should be. We are deeply grateful for Roger’s leadership and his commitment to making education better for all learners. You can go to this link to read more about Roger’s life and work. We are reposting this 2016 conversation with Roger in his memory. Roger Wei...
Dr. Roberta McFarland on The Magic of Outdoor Education
September 08, 2021 06:30 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MBOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Roberta McFarland, Director/Principal of Outdoor Environmental Education for Waskowitz Outdoor Programs. Dr. McFarland has a long career in residential outdoor environmental education and she loves helping young people find magic by engaging on a journey of diversity with people and nature. Let’s listen in as they discuss the magic of the outdoors, learning by playing,