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Voices of Small Schools Podcast: Sustainability

Jordan Luster, Victoria Andrews
May 28, 2025
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Tom Vander Ark
May 22, 2025
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Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of AI

Tom Vander Ark
May 21, 2025
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Michael Fullan and Kaleb Rashad on Leading in a Culture of Change

Tom Vander Ark
May 14, 2025
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New Pathways

Mickey Breeze and H. Bernard Hall on Hip Hop As a Lifestyle

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 29, 2023

On this episode, we’re joined by Producer and DJ Mickey Breeze and Dr. H. Bernard Hall, an Assistant Professor of Urban Teacher Education at Drexel University to discuss how hip hop can shape and grow both educators and learners.

New Pathways

Frisco ISD on Student Entrepreneurship and INCubatoredu

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 22, 2023

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Victoria Andrews discusses student entrepreneurship with a teacher and two students from Frisco ISD.

Future of Learning

Susan Faircloth on Reciprocity, Relationship and Responsibility in Indigenous Leadership

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 17, 2023

On this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Jason Cummins and Dr. Susan Faircloth to discuss the relationship between education and sovereignty, the National Indian Education Study and indigenous leadership.

Learner-Centered

Chris Unger on A Revolution in Education

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 15, 2023

On this episode we’re joined by Dr. Chris Unger, author of A Revolution in Education: Scaling Agency & Opportunity for All.

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Town Hall Recap: Support & Guidance

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 10, 2023

On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we took a look at our latest publication, Support & Guidance For All New Pathways Journeys.

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Sharhonda Bossier and Carmita Semaan on Amplifying and Empowering Leaders of Color

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 8, 2023

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.

Future of Learning

Bob Schwartz on Community Colleges: America’s Hidden Economic Engines

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 1, 2023

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
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Ben Wildavsky on The Career Arts: Answering Big Questions About College and Career

Getting Smart Staff
Oct 25, 2023

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

Robin Minthorn Podcast
Leadership

Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn on Indigenizing the Academy

Getting Smart Staff
Oct 20, 2023

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.

New Pathways

Elliot Washor on How Real-World Learning Transforms Education

Getting Smart Staff
Oct 18, 2023

On this episode, we’re joined by Elliot Washor, the co-founder of Big Picture Learning and author of the great new book Learning to Leave: How Real-World Learning Transforms Education.

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