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Town Hall Recap: Health Science Pathways

Tom Vander Ark
May 30, 2024

This Getting Smart Town Hall focused on pathways in Health Sciences and highlighted examples making them more effective and accessible.

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Future of Learning

Dr. Shari Camhi on Purpose, Media Literacy and a Decade of District Leadership

Tom Vander Ark
May 29, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Shari Camhi, Superintendent of Baldwin Union Free School District to discuss media literacy initiatives.

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Juan Jose Gonzalez and Gina Schuyler on Community College Networks and Radical Dual Credit

Shawnee Caruthers
May 22, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by two of the leaders leaning into this space, Juan Jose Gonzalez, at EdSystems and Gina Schuyler at Grayslake Central High School.

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Lona Running Wolf on Education Reform and Cultural Preservation

Mason Pashia, Guest Author
May 17, 2024

On this podcast episode, they are joined by Lona Running Wolf from the Piikani Nation to discuss her extensive work in educational reform and cultural preservation.

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Sarah Elizabeth Ippel on The Cultivate Project and Global Citizenship

Nate McClennen
May 15, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, Founder and Executive Director of the Academy for Global Citizenship.

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Yu-Ling Cheng on Remake Learning Days

Tom Vander Ark
May 10, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Yu-Ling Cheng,Co-Producer of Remake Learning Days.

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Jennifer Mellor and Mike Huckins on How Chambers of Commerce Can Get Involved in Accelerated Pathways

Shawnee Caruthers
May 8, 2024

This episode, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Jennifer Mellor, Chief Innovation Officer at the Phoenix Chamber Foundation and Mike Huckins, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and IT Operations at the Greater Phoenix Chamber.

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Town Hall Recap: Microschools: Sustainability, Scalability and Accessibility

Jordan Luster, Victoria Andrews, Nate McClennen
May 6, 2024

On this Getting Smart Town Hall we provided an overview of our microschooling initiative, unpacking three emerging themes: sustainability, scaling, and accessibility.

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Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel on Designing Social Change

Tom Vander Ark
May 3, 2024

On this episode, we’re joined by, Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, a professor at North Carolina State University and author of Design Social Change.

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Getting Smart and the d.school: Live from SXSW

Tom Vander Ark
May 1, 2024

This special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a live broadcast of a conversation between Tom Vander Ark and authors from the Stanford d.school about recent publications.

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