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Voices of Small Schools Podcast: Sustainability

Jordan Luster, Victoria Andrews
May 28, 2025
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Town Hall: State Education R&D

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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liberatory design podcast
Equity & Access

Tania Anaissie, David Clifford, and Victor Cary on Liberatory Design

Getting Smart Staff
Feb 11, 2022

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast we are joined by some of the creators of the Liberatory Design method.

Equity & Access

Jenna Mancini Rufo on Reimagining Special Education

Getting Smart Staff
Feb 9, 2022

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Jenna Mancini Rufo, co-author of Reimagining Special Education.

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EduCatered: Rachael Fenner

Getting Smart Staff
Feb 4, 2022

On this episode of EduCatered, we're joined by Rachael Fenner from Carr Lane school in St. Louis to discuss diversity, literacy and more.

Future of Learning

Taylor Shead on the Metaverse of Learning

Getting Smart Staff
Feb 2, 2022

On this episode of the podcast, we're talking with Taylor Shead of STEMuli, the first, and certainly not the last, metaverse of learning.

Competency-Based Education

Ken Kay and Yong Zhao on Portrait of a Graduate

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 28, 2022

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Ken Kay and Yong Zhao join Tom to discuss portraits of a graduate.

Future of Learning

Town Hall Recap: What’s Next in Learning 2022

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 26, 2022

The Getting Smart team recently hosted the second annual  What’s Next in Learning Town Hall. These special town halls kick off each new year

Stig Leschly on Innovating Within Higher Education

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 18, 2022

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Stig Leschly, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School to discuss higher education.

Personalized Learning

Crosstown Students on Co-authoring Learning Experiences

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 12, 2022

On this episode of the podcast, Deion Jordan is joined by students at Crosstown High to discuss co-authoring learning experiences.

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Dr. Gilda Barabino on Olin College’s Powerful Learning Environments

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 5, 2022

On this episode of the podcast, Tom is joined by Dr. Gilda Barabino to discuss the future of engineering and active learning in higher ed.

One Good Question
Equity & Access

Rhonda Broussard on One Good Question

Getting Smart Staff
Dec 22, 2021

On this episode, Tom is joined by Rhonda Broussard, founder of Beloved Community and author of the book: One Good Question.

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