Getting Smart Podcast | Mississippi District Personalizes Learning for Teachers and Students
In this episode of the podcast, we chat with Dr. Philip Hickman, Superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District in rural Mississippi, about how Columbus is proof that personalized learning and innovative education can happen anywhere.
Getting Smart Podcast | AVID: An Integrated Approach to College Readiness
In this podcast, Sandy Husk, CEO of AVID, discusses how this college and career ready system began, and how it helps create college-going cultures in schools through critical teacher professional development.
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.
Town Hall Recap: Portrait of a Graduate in Practice
We were joined by NGLC and edleaders to discuss a recent report focused on what comes after a school district adopts a Portrait of a Graduate.
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.
Podcast: Abby Falik on the Benefits of Global Service
Today the Getting Smart staff speaks with Abby Falik, CEO of Global Citizen Year, a life-changing global immersion between high school and college.
Let’s Make Sure America Succeeds in the Age of Agility
What’s needed to make sure educators are valued and equipped with the agility to succeed in a rapidly changing workforce? How can businesses and communities work together to ensure learners are leaving high-school and college prepared for the jobs of the future? Learn how from America Succeeds, an organization working to do just that.
Town Hall Recap: Support & Guidance
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we took a look at our latest publication, Support & Guidance For All New Pathways Journeys.
EduCatered: Andrew Lee
On this episode of EduCatered, Andrew Lee joins us at the table to chat Vita Schools of Innovation, belonging and tacos.
Pavel Luksha on the Future of Skills
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down again with Pavel Luksha, one of our favorite futurists, to discuss a recently published Future of Skills report. Pavel Luksha is a leading education futurist. He is Professor of…