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.
Be sure to also check out GettingSmart.com to stay on the cutting edge of innovations in learning.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 516
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Cyane Dandridge and Karen Madden on School for Environmental Leadership
Are you interested in attending one of the field’s largest gatherings of K-12 education innovators? The Aurora Institute Symposium 2023 promises community, lessons about education innovation from the…
Town Hall: Educating All Learners
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we are joined by Erin Mote from Educating All Learners Alliance and Karla Phillips-Krivickas from Think Inclusion to discuss some of the core challenges facing learne…
Karen Pittman and Gary Briggs on the Elephant in the Classroom
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Karen Pittman, Partner at Knowledge to Power Catalysts and Gary Briggs, Director of Systems Impact at New Teacher Center to d…
Scott Muri on Decades of Education Leadership Service and EdTech
We’ve recently released a new publication that synthesizes years of research on AI and its impact on teaching and learning. You can find it at GettingSmart.com/artificial-intelligence/
On this episod…
Orly Friedman on Red Bridge School and Educating for Agency
Are you interested in attending one of the field’s largest gatherings of K-12 education innovators? The Aurora Institute Symposium 2023 promises community, lessons about education innovation from the…
Stephanie Malia Krauss on 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn and Thrive
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by a former guest on the Getting Smart Podcast and a friend of Getting Smart, Stephanie Malia Krauss. Stephanie is the author of…
Bodo Hoenen on Generative AI for Curriculum
We’ve recently released a new publication that synthesizes years of research on AI and its impact on teaching and learning. You can find it at GettingSmart.com/artificial-intelligence/
On this episod…
Michelle Blanchet on Preventing Polarization
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is supported by the JFF Horizons Summit. Find out more at horizons.jff.org.
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Michel…
Dr. Scott McLeod on Leadership for Deeper Learning
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Scott McLeod, a Professor of Leadership for Educational Organizations at University of Colorado Denver and author of nume…
Next Generation Learning Goals: What Students Should Be Able To Do
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by JFF Horizons.
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we’re rebroadcasting a recent Getting Smart Town Hall where we discussed various…
Kathryn Kennedy and Dr. Rebecca Itow on Wellness for Educators
This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is brought to you by our new Credentialed Learning Interactive Publication, check it out at GettingSmart.com/Credentialed.
On this episode of the Getting Sma…
Jason Cummins on Leadership and Ways of Knowing
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined for a second time on the podcast by Awaachiáookaate', or Jason Cummins Ed.D. He is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, an…
Stephanie Short and David Zasada on Design For Delight and Durable Skills
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…
Dr. David Dimmett on Leading the Way with Project Lead the Way
What would an economy look like that centered justice, regenerativity and collaboration? Want to play a role? Find out more about the Next Economy MBA from LIFT Economy.
On this episode of the Getti…
Raise the Bar: Policy Shaping Pathways
We hosted a town hall event called Raise the Bar: Policy Shaping Pathways. We were lucky to be joined by two policy gurus: Dr. Amy Loyd, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Education and Julie …
Al O’Bannon on Community Supports for Young People
Interested in learning more about the World of Work? We’d love to see you at the summit. Register here.
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, New Pathways Senior Fellow Trace Pickering is jo…
Dr. Dennis Johnston on Student & Educator Agency with AVID
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 W…
David Weinberg on The Art of the School Visit
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, New Pathways Senior Fellow Trace Pickering is joined by David Weinberg, a teacher, principal, curriculum director, assistant superintendent, and a founde…
Josh Fryday on Public Service and Volunteerism
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Josh Fryday,California’s Chief Service Officer within the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom to lead service, volunteer, and …
Justin Aglio on The Readiness Institute
What would an economy look like that centered justice, regenerativity and collaboration? Want to play a role? Find out more about the Next Economy MBA from LIFT Economy.
On this episode of the Getti…