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Place Based Education

Wangchuk and Tashi Dendup on Bhutan’s National Shift to Place-Based Education

Nate McClennen
Jan 9, 2026
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Diane Tavenner on Futre

Tom Vander Ark
Jan 7, 2026
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Ben Kornell and Tom Vander Ark on Predictions for Education in 2026

Tom Vander Ark
Dec 19, 2025
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Brent Maddin and Rebecca Hutchinson on Reimagining One Teacher, One Classroom

Nate McClennen
Dec 17, 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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Equity & Access

John Watson and Mawi Asgedom on Creating Innovative Experiences and Belonging for Adult Learners

Victoria Andrews
Oct 16, 2024

Exploring community's power in education, fostering inclusion, and innovative learning through connection, with insights from Watson and Asgedom.

Equity & Access

Voices of Small Schools Podcast: Accessibility

Jordan Luster, Victoria Andrews
Oct 30, 2024

Learn how micro schools are addressing challenges, fostering equity, and expanding accessibility to diverse communities through innovative models.

Personalized Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | Rethinking Educator Professional Development with Micro-credentials

Getting Smart Staff
Nov 13, 2015

Tom Vander Ark sits down with Jennifer Kabaker, Director of Educator Micro-Credentials at Digital Promise and Jason Lange, Bloomboard CEO, to talk specifics about what micro-credentials look like, how research can be used to support personalization of teacher development, and why this will impact the future of educator development.

Difference Making

Getting Smart Podcast | How Applied Learning is Accelerating Students to Technical Careers

Getting Smart Staff
Dec 7, 2015

Although some recent high school and college graduates enter the job market unqualified for even the most entry level positions, high school students in Wisconsin are graduating with their diploma, industry credentials and transferable postsecondary college credits.

Difference Making

Getting Smart Podcast | Why Guidance Matters for College and Career Readiness

Getting Smart Staff
Apr 15, 2016

Every student deserves to have support in figuring out who they are, where they are headed and how they will get there. Especially for GenDIY students who are paving their own unique path.

EdTech

Getting Smart Podcast | 5 Lessons on Impact Leadership

Jessica Slusser
Sep 9, 2016

In this podcast, Curriculum Associates CEO Rob Waldron shares more on his unique employment arrangement, as well as the most valuable lessons he has learned so far about successful and impactful leadership.

Leadership

Getting Smart Podcast | The Ripple Effect: Creating Community Change through Schools

Emily Liebtag
Oct 21, 2016

Drew Perkins, director of PD for TeachThought, chats about project-based learning as the catalyst for a positive and widespread ripple effect in schools that results in positive community change.

Leadership

Getting Smart Podcast | Leading Personalized Learning: State Policy Advice & Successes

Tom Vander Ark
Oct 27, 2016

In this podcast, we chat with Utah Preparing Students Today for a Rewarding Tomorrow (UPSTART) champion Senator Howard Stephenson, about his successful leadership on state policy for personalized learning.

Podcasts

Getting Smart Podcast | HigherEd Reinvented: Minerva Goes Global

Tom Vander Ark
Apr 5, 2017

Minerva founder and CEO Ben Nelson discusses this unique college's innovative undergraduate program that combines four years of world travel with interdisciplinary study to prepare its students for success in the global future.

Early Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | Why Language Learning Matters: Parent and Student Voices

Emily Liebtag
May 2, 2017

Parent and student perspectives are often left out of education conversations, so in this episode of the podcast, we capture ideas and insights around language learning from several members of these two important education stakeholders.

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