Getting Smart Podcast | Boise Is Alive With Possibility
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.
Getting Smart Podcast | Coaching for High Quality Project Based Learning
Andrew Biros, longtime educator and current New Tech Network Coach, joins Getting Smart team member Emily Liebtag to discuss what he feels is essential when it comes to improving PBL practices, and shares some best practices for PBL teaching and learning.
Getting Smart Podcast | Superintendent Leadership For PBL
In this episode, Superintendent Mario Basora shares his journey from being an average student to a successful superintendent who worked with community and staff to help the students in their district become "Fearless Thinkers."
Balancing Improvement and Innovation
Tom looks back at his years as a Superintendent and how new technology and innovations affected the district, how focusing on innovating and improving can dramatically improve learning and common innovation obstacles.
High Tech Exec Advocates for High Agency Learning
What skills will be important in five years? What can schools do to plan for the skills that will be necessary for students to have mastered? Tom and Marie Bjerede discuss both and the importance of student agency in this week's podcast.
Improving Access to Healthcare at School to Reduce Absenteeism
As a first-generation college student, Josh Golomb was planning on medical school. After college, he ran an AmeriCorp sponsored program at a medical school for high schools students.
Podcast: Exposing Engineering to Underrepresented Groups with Dr. Amon Millner
Tom discusses the importance of accessibility relating to computing with Dr. Amon Millner at the Olin College of Engineering.
Podcast: Nick Donohue on Promoting Racial Equity & Fighting Personal, Institutional and Structural Racism
On today's podcast, the team speaks with Nick Donohue, the CEO and President of Nellie Mae Education Foundation about promoting eqiuty and fighting racism.
Podcast: Richard Barth on Building A National School Brand
Today the Getting Smart staff speaks with Richard Barth, the CEO of the KIPP Foundation about his experience growing KIPP from 40 schools to 224 nationally and building a national brand.
Podcast: Rebecca Amis on Taking Student-Centered Learning Global
The Getting Smart team talks about student-centered learning with Rebecca Amis the co-founder of MUSE School in Calabasas, California.