Getting Smart Podcast

In today’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Pamela Cantor, M.D., a leading expert on childhood development. Dr. Cantor has practiced child psychiatry for nearly two decades and originally stu…

In today’s episode, the team will be speaking with Don Wettrick, the founder and President of STARTedUP Foundation!

Don’s father was a teacher, and after attempting career #1, he decided to go back a…

Today’s episode features a fascinating interview with Connie Yowell and Paul LeBlanc.

In the most interesting deal of 2018, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), the leading online university, …

Today the team is talking with Peter Janzow, the current Vice President of Business Development for Credly, and the co-founder of Winterlake Press.

Peter started his education career as a textbook …

Today, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Richard Barth, CEO of KIPP and Chairman of the Board at Braven. Prior to these roles, he also worked with Teach for America from 1989-1996, was President of Dis…

Today the Getting Smart team is speaking with Elisa Villanueva Beard, Teach for America’s CEO since 2015.

Imagine following one of the most recognizable CEOs in the world and taking on an organizat…

Today on the Getting Smart Podcast, the team is speaking with Paul Johnson, the 17th President of the Colorado School of Mines. Paul is also a global leader in education and research in engineering a…

In this week’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Greg Smith, a former Professor of Teacher Education at Lewis & Clark for 28 years.

Greg’s background with teaching in a Quaker school in the …

Today, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Dr. Scott McLeod, an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver. Scott has been in the ed-tech space and an advo…

In this week’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Esther Wojcicki, an internationally-known educator, consultant, and speaker with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. …

This week, your host Caroline Vander Ark is speaking with Dr. Robert Dillon about learning space design. Robert is an author, speaker, consultant, educator, and a lifelong learner. He has served as a…

Today the team is talking with Vince Bertram, the President and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a nonprofit organization that provides transformative learning experiences for PK–12 students and t…

Today, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Rebecca Midles, the Executive Director of Implementation of Mesa Valley County School District 51. She is an internationally recognized leader in design…

Today, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Dr. Francisco Gaujardo! Francisco is a leading voice in bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural education and a noted expert in place-based education. Like Tom, F…

Today, Tom Vander Ark has a conversation with Dr. Jal Mehta! Dr. Mehta grew up in Baltimore and is the son of a school administrator and a college professor. Now, as an Assistant Professor at Harvard…

Today, Tom is speaking with Jared Cooney Horvath, a cognitive neuroscientist from the University of Melbourne. Jared specializes in human thought, learning, and brain stimulation, and holds the posit…

This week, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode with Nick Donohue, the CEO and President of Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

Nick went from teacher to trainer to Deputy Commissioner, t…

Today’s episode is a little extra special — it is Getting Smart’s TWO HUNDREDTH episode of the podcast!

This week, the team will be hearing from Tara C. Chklovski, the CEO and founder of Iridescent…

Today the Getting Smart team is bringing you a conversation with Andrew Frishman.

From the minute Andrew Frishman met a student from the flagship Big Picture Learning school, he knew he would be in…

Today, the Getting Smart team is talking with Kimberly Mitchell about her new book, Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences, that explores five strategies any teacher or p…