Getting Smart Podcast | Backstabber to Lovetrain: Don Shalvey on District-Charter Relations
This episode of the podcast features Don Shalvey, Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discussing school networks, district-charter relations and the 70s songs that best describe them.
Getting Smart Podcast | Involving Teachers in the Process of Innovation
Teacher voice and engagement are crucial to the success of a pilot program. In this podcast, we hear more about how those seeking to design a pilot can ensure that teachers are a valuable part of the process of innovation.
Supporting English Learners in K-12 Classrooms
In this podcast, Dr. Bernadette Musetti shares benefits of bilingualism, programs or innovations in education that move emerging bilingual students forward and common myths or misconceptions about teaching emerging bilinguals and English learners.
Getting Smart Podcast | The Details Behind Pilot Design
So you’ve decided that you want to plan a pilot for a new EdTech tool. Where to start? There are a number of factors that affect the outcome a pilot, from the technical down to the cultural. In this podcast, we take a detailed look at those factors.
Creating College Opportunities for Parents and Students
Barriers to getting into, paying for and persisting through college inhibit many students and adults across the country from achieving their dream of graduating from college. Hear from a mother and daughter about their journey to post-secondary education.
Getting Smart Podcast | Using Pilot Programs as a Foundation for Innovation
What do you do when you think a new program or EdTech tool could benefit your district or school's students, but you just aren't 100% sure? In part one of this three-part series on pilot design best practices, we look at how you can make an informed decision.
Transforming Border Learning Experiences: New Tech Network in El Paso
Emily and Tom spend the day at Oso New Tech in El Paso, Texas to learn more about how they are personalizing learning through project-learning for all students.
Getting Smart Podcast | Personalizing Learning Through the Instructional and Technology Integration Model
Dr. Philip Hickman, superintendent of Columbus Municipal School District in Columbus, Mississippi, shares more about the innovative blended learning instructional model he created that is transforming his district.
Getting Smart Podcast | AVID: An Integrated Approach to College Readiness
In this podcast, Sandy Husk, CEO of AVID, discusses how this college and career ready system began, and how it helps create college-going cultures in schools through critical teacher professional development.
Getting Smart Podcast | Student-Led One Stone is Transforming Boise
One Stone is a student-led school in Boise, Idaho, that we think is one of the coolest schools in the country. Listen in as students who attend this innovative school share the benefits and lessons they've learned serving on its student-led board.