About the Getting Smart Podcast
The Getting Smart Podcast covers trends, innovations and insights in K-12, higher ed, lifelong learning, leadership, investing and more. You can listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Every other Friday we publish an episode called “Catching Up” where Nate McClennen and Mason Pashia try to make sense of what’s going on in education, learning and human flourishing. Check it out.
If you’re on Spotify, we have built some great playlists to help you jump into some conversations we’ve been having over the last few years. You can go long on the following topics:
- Student Voice
- Pathways to Postsecondary
- Green Skills & Schools
- Microschools
- What’s Next in Learning
- AI in Education
- Next Generation Leadership
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This podcast highlights 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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Kevin Stoller on Designing Learning Spaces That Transform Education
Designing learner-centered learning spaces with Kevin Stoller—why flexibility, community use, and “learning space integrators” matter.
NEAAAT Students on their Portrait of a Graduate
NEAT students share how a Portrait of a Graduate, pathways, and student voice build agency, confidence, and career exploration.
Catching Up: School Choice, AI & Humanity, and Bottom-Up Innovation
AI agents, school choice research, and relational infrastructure—why investing in humanity matters as AI accelerates.
Kelly Coffin on Leading Through Vulnerability
How do leaders build a team that builds? Kelly Coffin shares how trust, co-design, and vulnerability drive system change.
Eric Wearne on Hybrid Learning and the Future of Micro School
Hybrid schools and microschools are reshaping learning time, staffing, and access—plus what research says about trust and equity.