Getting Smart Podcast
This 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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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 516
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
America’s Promise Alliance on Collective Action and Field Building
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined by two individuals from America’s Promise Alliance (APA), an organization that weaves people and organizations together for a posi…
Michael Matsuda on Over a Decade of Educating For Purposeful Life
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our New Pathways campaign. In partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Wa…
Apprenticeship Pathways in Teaching and Tech
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we took a look at apprenticeship pathways and tried to answer some of the following questions: What does a modern apprenticeship system look like? How might we set up…
Alex Red Corn on How School Leaders Can Be Culturally Responsive to Indigenous Youth
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigen…
Jean Eddy on Crisis-Proofing Today's Learners
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Jean Eddy, CEO of American Student Assistance (ASA) and author of Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners: Reimagining Career Educat…
Taniya Mishra and Amanda Stent on Pathways to Artificial Intelligence
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our New Pathways campaign. In partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Wa…
Shiva Rajbhandari on Hope, Green New Deal for Schools and Youth Civic Action
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is brought to you by our recent publication Green Pathways, and makes the case for why ALL pathways need sustainability and green embedded. Find out more her…
Mickey Breeze and H. Bernard Hall on Hip Hop As a Lifestyle
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Victoria Andrews is joined by Producer Mickey Breeze, the 10-time Beat Battle Champion of the Twin Cities. He is also a former teacher for the “Twin Citi…
Frisco ISD on Student Entrepreneurship and INCubatoredu
On this episode of Getting Smart Podcast Victoria Andrews discusses student entrepreneurship with an awesome group from Frisco ISD. Tommy Thompson teaches Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Finance Clas…
Susan Faircloth on Reciprocity, Relationship and Responsibility in Indigenous Leadership
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigen…
Chris Unger on A Revolution in Education
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by our friend Dr. Chris Unger, a Teaching Professor in the Graduate Programs in Education including the Doctor of Education prog…
Support & Guidance for All New Pathways Journeys
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we took a look at our latest publication, Support & Guidance For All New Pathways Journeys and spoke with practitioners and policy experts to get an overview of the c…
Sharhonda Bossier and Carmita Semaan on Amplifying and Empowering Leaders of Color
How might we design new school models to better serve all young people? What are the skills, and jobs of tomorrow? IFTF’s Foresight Essentials course is great for those looking to build something new…
Bob Schwartz on Community Colleges: America’s Hidden Economic Engines
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Bob Schwartz to talk about pathways to opportunity and the role of college, specifically community colleges. Bob’s new book i…
Ben Wildavsky on The Career Arts - Answering Big Questions About College and Career
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ben Wildavsky to discuss his new book The Career Arts: Answering Big Questions About College and Career. This book makes the …
Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn on Indigenizing the Academy
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigen…
Elliot Washor on How Real-World Learning Transforms Education
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Elliot Washor, the co-founder of Big Picture Learning and author of the great new book Learning to Leave: How Real-World Lear…
Kim Smith on Recalibrating Innovation and Next Steps for Educators
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by repeat guest Kim Smith to discuss a landscape analysis, the rise of learner-centered education and the three horizons.
Kim …
Town Hall on Agriculture Technology Pathways
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a recording of the latest Getting Smart Town Hall — Agriculture Technology Pathways. On this episode, we heard from a great panel of guests who are runnin…
Justin Reich on Iterate The Secret to Innovation in Schools
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Justin Reich, ED of MIT Teaching Systems Lab, host of the Teach Lab Podcast and author of Iterate: The Secret to Innovati…