Getting Smart Podcast | Reclaiming the Classroom with America’s Teachers
The most important work in education occurs in schools and, more specifically, in classrooms. In his new book 'Reclaiming the Classroom: How America’s Teachers Lost Control of Education and How They Can Get It Back; Trenton Goble connects with readers through sharing candid and powerful stories of his own time teaching and leading schools as a principal.
Badging for Business: Next-Gen Professional Learning in the Workplace
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Intrepid Learning makes the case that professional learning should not only deliver value to businesses with innovative approaches to PD, but also provide next-gen employees with credentialing that can be carried throughout their careers.
Getting Smart Podcast | Why Guidance Matters for College and Career Readiness
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.
Getting Smart Podcast | Principals Supporting Teachers as Curriculum Designers
In this podcast, R.L. Stevenson Elementary principal Michael Corneau shares how he helped his teachers help students by designing curriculum using Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC), eventually turning his school into an "LDC school."
Getting Smart Podcast | Schools Can (and Should) Measure Noncognitive Skills
In this podcast, Megan and Cat speak with expert Jonathan Martin about the importance of schools measuring students' noncognitive skills, and answer some of the FAQs around the benefits of doing so for schools and students.
Getting Smart Podcast | Leading Personalized Learning: State Policy Advice & Successes
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.
Getting Smart Podcast | Dr. Daniel Siegel on the Teenage Mind
Dr. Dan Siegel of Mindsight Institute discusses the importance of promoting strong relationships in the learning process while working with young students, focusing efforts on growing their Social-Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD).
Getting Smart Podcast | Teach to One: Inventing the Future of Math Learning
In 2007, Joel Rose conceived an idea for an innovative, blended way to teach middle school math. Today, it has spread to over 40 schools reaching 13,000 students. Here, Tom talks to Joel about the program and where it's headed.
Getting Smart Podcast | Partnerships Propel Readiness Results with a Focus on Equity
College Spark senior program officer Heather Gingrich and Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, discuss the importance of helping today's students become college, career and life ready, and how a partnership approach to this goal is really the best option.
Getting Smart Podcast | Rob Mancabelli on Using Data to Make Better Decisions
In this episode of the podcast, Rob Mancabelli, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer at BrightBytes, discusses the importance of providing educators with the right data for better decision making.