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Nate McClennen
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Dustin Hensley and Elizabethton High Schoool Graduates on Real-World Learning in Rural Tennessee

Tom Vander Ark
Jun 27, 2025
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Paul Herdman on What Looking at the Rest of the World Teaches Us About Pathways

Tom Vander Ark
Jun 25, 2025
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Shawnee Caruthers
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Leadership

Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed and Randy Fielding on Reimagined Learning Spaces

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 30, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed and Randy Fielding to discuss the future of learning spaces and how it impacts leadership.

Leadership

Dr. Luvelle Brown, Dr. Pamela Cantor and Dr. Valerie Truesdale on the New Vision For Student-Centered Equity-Focused Education

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 23, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by fellow members of the AASA commission who recently released a report focusing on whole child learning and a student-centered future.

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Chelsea Craig and Dr. Anthony Craig on Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Leading

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 16, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Chelsea Craig and Dr. Anthony Craig speak about their careers as leaders in and around learning and education.

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Randy Weiner and James Bailey on The Daily SEL Leader

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 9, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles interviews Randy Weiner and James Bailey about their new book from Corwin, The Daily SEL Leader, a guided experience in daily SEL practice.

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Leadership

Dr. Pedro Noguera & Dr. Frederick Hess on Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 4, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Dr. Frederick Hess and Dr. Pedro Noguera to discuss there new book A Search for Common Ground.

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Future of Learning

Antonia Rudenstine on RedesignU’s New Vision for Education

Getting Smart Staff
Jun 2, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles sits down with Antonia Rudenstine to discuss the new vision of RedesignU, the future of content mapping and more.

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Leadership

Debbie Silver on Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8

Getting Smart Staff
May 26, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers sits down with Dr. Debbie Silver to discuss the second edition of her book Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8.

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Place Based Education

Dr. Fernande Raine On Using History and Museums to Incubate Changemakers

Getting Smart Staff
May 21, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Fernande Raine, founder and CEO of Got history.

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Leadership

Justina Nixon-Saintil on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Rise of P-TECH

Getting Smart Staff
May 19, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Justina Nixon-Saintil to discuss PTECH, pathways and social responsibility.

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Leadership

Mark White and Dwight Carter on Leading Schools in Disruptive Times

Getting Smart Staff
May 14, 2021

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Dwight Carter and Mark White, authors of Leading Schools in Disruptive Times.

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