Getting Smart Podcast

In this episode, the team is diving into artificial intelligence and the future of work and learning.

Today’s guest, Flynn Coleman, is an international human rights attorney, a professor, and a socia…

This week on the podcast, Tony Wagner is joining Tom Vander Ark to speak about his most recent book and all that he has learned throughout his career in education.

Tony Wagner is a former high scho…

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode focused on project-based learning featuring special guest, Jenny Pieratt. Jenny is the founder and President of CraftED Curriculum, an incredi…

Today, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Byron Sanders about the opportunity gap in Dallas, Texas.

Byron grew up in Dallas, observing differences in opportunity. He remembers his mother scram…

In this episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Daniel Gohl. Dan is the Chief Academic Officer at Broward County Public Schools. The district serves the greater Fort Lauderdale area of South Florida…

Join the Getting Smart team today as they explore community development with community expert, Lia McIntosh!

Lia McIntosh is a marketer, organizer, pastor, and most recently, a grant-maker. She lea…

This week, Getting Smart is bringing you another bonus episode as a part of their Getting Through series. Getting Smart launched this series to support educators, leaders, and families during this un…

In today’s special bonus episode, the Getting Smart team is sharing two school districts’ success stories that are currently shifting to remote learning after the outbreak of the coronavirus. In thes…

Today on the podcast, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Anant Agarwal, the founder and CEO of edX.

In 2012, Anant founded edX, which was created in partnership between MIT and Harvard to extend open ac…

With schools in a majority of states closes, more than 36 million of about 50 million American students are learning remotely. The pandemic is posing a huge challenge for students and parents. Some p…

This week on the podcast, join Tom Vander Ark, Dr. Emily Liebtag, and Nate McClennen as they discuss their newly published book, The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education! …

In today’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is continuing the conversation about starting career education early with Ed Hidalgo and Dr. David Bluestein! If you haven’t already, be sure to tune into that conv…

In this week’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is talking with Dr. David Blustein, a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Blustein’s 2006 book, The Psychology of Working, made him a lead…

Today, the Getting Smart team is going to learn about a school that is taking student-centered learning global! Rebecca Amis is the co-founder of MUSE School in Calabasas, California. MUSE is a small…

Today the team is talking with Patricia DeKlotz. Dr. DeKlotz has been Superintendent in the Kettle Moraine School District since 2006. And for the last 10 years, she has been recognized as a national…

This week on the podcast, the Getting Smart team is talking about the past and future of EdTech with Larry Berger!

After his Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, Larry Berger served as a Whiteh…

In today’s episode, Emily is speaking with Beth Anderson. Beth leads the Hill Learning Center, a K–12 non-profit based in Durham, North Carolina, that has an innovative approach to meeting the needs …

Whether you’re a parent, an educator, or someone who has worked alongside youth, you probably understand the confusion that comes up for learners and their parents when it comes time for college. The…

Today’s episode is all about limitless learning and learning math that really matters with Dr. Jo Boaler!

Dr. Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University and the author of…

Today, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Chad Dorsey about modeling and data science in STEM education!

Chad grew up a science geek; he loved the lakes and meadows of summer camp, he studied physics in…