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.
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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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Town Hall Recap: Support & Guidance
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we took a look at our latest publication, Support & Guidance For All New Pathways Journeys.
Sharhonda Bossier and Carmita Semaan on Amplifying and Empowering Leaders of Color
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Sharhonda Bossier, CEO of Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) and Carmita Semaan, Founder of the Surge Institute.
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 discuss pathways to opportunity and the role of community colleges.
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
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 indigenous leaders and academics to discuss how indigenous ways of knowing and leading can, and should, shape the education system.