This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Difference Making . On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, and a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement. She is also the author of the book The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries , as well as numerous other books and TED Talks. LINKS The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Gener...
Apr 20, 2022•28 min
This 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 in as they ...
Apr 15, 2022•39 min
On 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.
Apr 13, 2022•29 min
This 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 the Why Todd S...
Apr 08, 2022•32 min
This 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 Rest of Y...
Apr 06, 2022•36 min
This 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 produ...
Apr 01, 2022•56 min
We 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 range of ...
Mar 30, 2022•24 min
This 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 consultan...
Mar 25, 2022•43 min
On 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 Untextbooked Mast...
Mar 23, 2022•49 min
On 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 year....
Mar 18, 2022•28 min
On 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...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min
On 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 Antioch Uni...
Mar 11, 2022•43 min
On 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 the host o...
Mar 09, 2022•37 min
On 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 ecoschools a...
Mar 04, 2022•33 min
On 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 Parker, auth...
Mar 02, 2022•38 min
We 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, dessert, ...
Feb 25, 2022•20 min
On 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 https://www.edsu...
Feb 23, 2022•30 min
On 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 month, r...
Feb 18, 2022•42 min
On 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 McCle...
Feb 16, 2022•55 min
This 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 Clifford is the co-c...
Feb 11, 2022•33 min
On 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, and Polic...
Feb 09, 2022•29 min
We 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 school,...
Feb 04, 2022•17 min
You’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, who i...
Feb 02, 2022•38 min
This 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 Dr. Yong Zh...
Jan 28, 2022•39 min
You'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....
Jan 26, 2022•55 min
On 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.
Jan 16, 2022•32 min
This 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 envisioning o...
Jan 12, 2022•27 min
This 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 of Engin...
Jan 05, 2022•28 min
This 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....
Dec 22, 2021•38 min
This 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....
Dec 17, 2021•48 min
