Getting Smart Podcast

In today’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Gary Funk and Haley Richardson for a discussion on rural schools and rural teachers!

Gary Funk has spent 30 years serving and advocating for America’s …

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode on leading in a culture of change with Michael Fullan.

Michael has been the world’s most persistent and persuasive advocate for powerful learn…

Today on the podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ron Berger.

Ron has been teaching for 40 years and is currently the Chief Academic Officer at EL Education. He’s also the author of some popular book…

Today we’re talking with John Winsor on the open talent economy.

John Winsor built a big publishing business around sports and fitness. He saw the business changing and started crowdsourcing articles…

The Getting Smart team is excited to be bringing you a conversation with one of their favorite teacher bloggers, Rachelle Dene Poth! Rachelle is a French, Spanish, and technology teacher and an ed-te…

Today’s episode is featuring a conversation on computational thinking with Conrad Wolfram.

Conrad Wolfram directs global strategy for Wolfram Research, a leader in computational resources. For the la…

In today’s interview, the Getting Smart team is talking to Ada Palmer, a history professor at the University of Chicago. As a historian, Ada studies the long-term evolution of ideas and the history o…

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you a podcast with their friend, Michael Horn, a speaker and writer on the future of education.

Michael has spent the last five years leading the higher educ…

Today’s episode is featuring a recent interview Tom Vander Ark had with Brian Greenberg on creating great schools! Greenberg is an educator, investor, and entrepreneur at the intersection of technolo…

Today the Getting Smart team is speaking with Hardeep Gulati, the CEO of PowerSchool.

PowerSchool is a leading ed-tech platform, serving more than 32 million students, 65 million parents, and nearly …

In today’s episode, Kelly Niccolls, Learning Design Manager from the Getting Smart team, is joined by Kristi Dominguez and Ellen Dorr for a follow-up podcast on leading school systems towards healing…

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an interesting episode on educating on climate change with Nichole Berg and Kimberly Howard.

Nichole Berg is the program’s manager for climate change a…

In today’s episode, Tom is sitting down with former Governor Jeb Bush, to discuss all things digital learning.

Bush served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 until 2006. After leaving office, …

In today’s episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Corey Mahn and Shameka Montgomery to discuss next-gen career education.

Corey Mohn is the Executive Director of the Blue…

This week on the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is welcoming back a return guest — Ryan Craig! Ryan is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of University Ventures and Achieve Partners.

As Mana…

In this special episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Kaleb Rashad, a leading voice in education and the Director of Creative Leadership at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education.

Over …

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode on the innovation opportunity ahead.

As we all try to make sense of the health, economic, and education crisis we’re all experiencing, the Get…

This week on the podcast, Tom Vander Ark interviews Dr. Jason Glass, the Superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools!

Serving 84,000 students, Jefferson County is the largest district in Colorado. It e…

In this episode, you are welcome to join Tom Vander Ark and Greg Shaw for a discussion around reprogramming the American dream.

Greg Shaw is a writer from Bellevue, Washington. He has supported the…

In today’s discussion, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Dr. Eric Tucker, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School. Brooklyn Labs is a next-generation college-pre…