Leadership
Getting Smart Podcast | The Role of Trustees in Shaping, Supporting and Monitoring the Innovation Agenda
Juan Cabrera, superintendent of El Paso Independent School District, shares more with Tom on what he feels the trustees' role is in implementing the innovation agenda in a school district.
Place Based Education
Getting Smart Podcast | Improving Learner Experience: Agency, Community, Challenge
Nate McClennen of Teton Science Schools and Neva Geisler of student-led One Stone school take you on a walking tour of downtown Boise while discussing place-based education, learner experience and the power of community connections.
Leadership
Getting Smart Podcast | 21 Insights: Adventures in Learning to Lead
In this podcast, Getting Smart team member Adam Kulaas reflects on 21 lessons learned during a decade of leading schools, sharing insights on everything from encouraging student voice to supporting your staff.
Podcasts
Getting Smart Podcast | America’s Edu Power Couple On Balancing Innovation and Execution
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.
Podcasts
Getting Smart Podcast | How Minecraft Improves SEL Outcomes
Following the release of a research report, this podcast shares the research findings connecting Minecraft and student SEL outcomes. Listen in to educator and student voices and results from a global survey.
Future of Learning
Getting Smart Podcast | Barry Schuler on the Power of Networks
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.
Leadership
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.
Podcasts
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.
Equity & Access
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.
Podcasts
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.