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Catching Up! | Junior Republics, Global Flourishing, and Education Conductors?

Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen
Jul 18, 2025
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Corey Mohn and Sophia Porter on Career Connected Pathways

Tom Vander Ark
Jul 16, 2025
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Don Haddad on Creating a Responsive School System

Tom Vander Ark
Jul 9, 2025
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Nate McClennen
Jul 2, 2025
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New learning models, tools, and strategies have made it easier to open small, nimble schooling models.

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Focused on charting and defining the future-ready education system we need to serve and prepare all learners.

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Focusing on how making a difference has emerged as one of the most powerful learning experiences.

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This campaign will serve as a road map to the new architecture for American schools. Pathways to citizenship, employment, economic mobility, and a purpose-driven life.

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We share stories that highlight best practices, lessons learned and next-gen teaching practice.

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The climate crisis is the most complex challenge mankind has ever faced. We’re covering what edleaders and educators can do about it. 

 

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The Getting Smart Podcast: Season One Summary

Getting Smart Staff
Sep 8, 2016

We're celebrating our 40th episode of the Getting Smart Podcast this week as we wrap up Season One. Here is a list of all of the podcasts we've created with education leaders across the nation over the past year.

EdTech

Getting Smart Podcast | An Assessment Center For Boosting Achievement, Efficacy & Hope

Tom Vander Ark
Sep 16, 2016

Solution Tree assessment experts Cassandra Erkens, Tom Schimmer and Nicole Dimich Vagle chat about the new Solution Tree Assessment Center, a resource designed to help educators boost hope, efficacy and achievement for students.

EdTech

Getting Smart Podcast | McGraw’s Stephen Laster on the Path Forward for EdTech

Tom Vander Ark
Jan 6, 2017

McGraw-Hill Education is a leader in adaptive learning. In this podcast, Stephen Laster, Chief Digital Officer at McGraw, discusses the "Platform Revolution" in technology and his predictions for what's next in EdTech.

Future of Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | Matt Candler on the #FutureofSchool

Tom Vander Ark
Feb 28, 2017

In this podcast, we share segments from a recent 4.0 Schools Community Summit keynote by CEO and founder Matt Candler, as well as his thoughts on the #FutureofSchool.

Ed Policy

Getting Smart Podcast | The Voices of the iNACOL Symposium

Catherine Wedgwood
Mar 2, 2017

In this episode of the podcast, we share the voices of several education leaders at the 2016 iNACOL Symposium on why they attend this annual event and their most exciting takeaways.

Podcasts

Getting Smart Podcast | Boise Is Alive With Possibility

Adam Kulaas
Mar 24, 2017

Gordon Jones, Dean of Boise State University's College of Innovation and Design, discusses how the college focuses on incubating the most innovative and exciting ideas in higher education today.

Future of Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | Barry Schuler on the Power of Networks

Tom Vander Ark
Jun 28, 2017

Barry Schuler, entrepreneur and partner at the DFJ Growth Fund, chats more with Tom Vander Ark about his part in the creation of the internet, the future of smart machines and the power of networks.

Podcasts

Getting Smart Podcast | America’s Edu Power Couple On Balancing Innovation and Execution

Tom Vander Ark
Jul 4, 2017

Erin Mote and Eric Tucker, co-founders of Brooklyn Lab Charter School, discuss building a durable school that is also future-ready, as well as a customized learning platform from scratch.

Future of Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | A Human Network to Remake Learning in Pittsburgh

Tom Vander Ark
Sep 19, 2017

Gregg Behr, Executive Director of the Grable Foundation, shares more about the journey to create the Pittsburgh Remake Learning Network, a professional network of educators and innovators working together to shape the future of teaching and learning.

Competency-Based Education

Getting Smart Podcast | Andy Calkins on Effective Learning Competencies

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 9, 2017

In this episode, Tom speaks with Andy Calkins, director of Next Generation Learning Challenges to learn more about their new student success framework--MyWays, and their recently released comprehensive resource set to help more communities develop graduate profiles.

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