Getting Smart Podcast

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, and Amy McGrath, COO at ASU Preparatory Academy, discuss the launch of Khan World School @ ASU Prep. They explore student-centered learning, personalized education, digital tools in education, diverse educational seminars, and a well-rounded learning experience for students. Emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence and collaboration in creating a unique online high school program.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr Angela Duckworth, a professor at Penn.  She’s a co-founder of Character Lab, the author of Grit, a bestseller that reveals the secret to achievement is passion and persistence; and the co-host with the No Stupid Questions podcast with Stephen Dubner. Links Character Lab No Stupid Questions podcast  Grit US Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health SXSW Session Sean Talamas James Heckman DSST Shared Values Posts by Bjork and Bjork

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee is joined by a superstar team of students and teachers from Immokalee High School. Falia Justima is an educator at Immokalee High School in Collier County Public Schools in Naples, where she has taught for four years. She is also an entrepreneur in the local community where she runs a real estate and small personal finance advising company with her sister. We’re also joined by two seniors cousins from Falia’s IncubatorEDU classroom team. Luz Cantero-Huapilla and Lizbeth Huapilla (Wapiya). Alongside some of their classmates they created the company Harvesting Housing to serve migrant farmers. LINKS:  SXSW Difference Making conversation with Falia Justima Harvesting Housing video Margarita/Uncharted Podcast

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by What If? Also, if you’re interested in submitting your teacher pledge, find out more here and send a recording to Mason@GettingSmart.com. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by a few special guests from Project Invent, design thinking and invention programs to empower every student as an innovator. Jordan Mareno is Partnerships and Recruitment Manager at Project Invent, Alexis Lopez is an educator and fellow for Project Invent and lastly, Angel, a student who recently participated in a Project Invent cohort! Links:  Clubhouse network Project Invent Invention Opportunity Angel’s LinkedIn Magis Athletics (Angel’s T-shirt concept) Teacher Pledge

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by engage2learn. Contact them today! On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined live by the Principal/Director and students from Summit Tech Academy in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.  First, we talk with Dr. Jeremy Bonnesen - the Principal/Director of Summit Tech Academy at The Missouri Innovation Campus. Later in the episode we will be joined by some students to discuss their various interests, pathways and connection to their community.  Links Summit Technology Academy Summit Tech Academy Virtual Tour Missouri Innovation Campus Real World Learning Case Study

Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode. Speak with an affordable, licensed therapist at your convenience and save 10% on your first month at BetterHelp.com/GettingSmart. On this episode of EduCatered we’re joined by Heidi Alexander, Founding Principal at ASU Preparatory Academy - Pilgrim Rest Elementary. We love getting to work alongside ASU Prep in a number of ways and are always blown away by their incredible innovations and most of all… their incredible people. Heidi is one of those amazing individuals. Alongside her team, she keeps ASU Prep Academy at the center of their community.  Let’s listen in as they talk about food, belonging and how to best communicate with families.   

We recently recorded a Getting Smart Town Hall that is all about poetry. Over the course of the conversation we discuss why we use poetry to kick-off events, what poetry means to the Getting Smart Team, what poetry means to our audience, what are new methods of teaching poetry and much more.  In this event, we used the following poems:  Poetry by Pablo Neruda The Way it Is by William Stafford 20 lines to turn ‘bird’ into a verb by Mason Pashia See More by Jean E Taddonio This is just to say by William Carlos Williams Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley You can sign up for Mason’s weekly newsletter featuring an original poem at his website.  Check out the next Getting Smart Town Hall here.  

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Erin Jones,  educator, leader, athlete and author of the great book Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing.   Let’s listen in as Erin reads us an original poem and they discuss athletic leadership, community conversations, the problem with establishing norms and much more.    Links: Linkedin Twitter Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing  Poetry Unbound: Rita Dove — Eurydice, Turning You Are Now the Host by Tom Vander Ark Bridges to Heal Workbook Afro Educator on Tik Tok Bridges to Heal US TED Talk Passion for Change TED Talk Bridges TED Talk

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Maggie Favretti and Benjamin Freud, authors, consultants and advocates for the environment, for people and for a more sustainable future. At Getting Smart, we are thinking a lot about Green Schools - sustainable and equitable and inclusive future. Maggie is founder of DesignEd 4 Resilience and is currently working on a new book titled Beyond Futurephobia: Teaching, Learning and Life in the Age of Climate Disasters. Benjamin is the co-founder of Coconut Thinking and has years of experience in international schools, PBL, school leadership and more.  Let’s listen in as they discuss how we need to shift towards kinetic energy, how human beings are actually human becomings, the importance of regenerative learning, the metaverse and much more.  Links Benjamin Freud article Benjamin on the metaverse Maggie LinkedIn Designed4resilience.org Benjamin LinkedIn Coconut Thinking

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Difference Making. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, and a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement. She is also the author of the book The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries, as well as numerous other books and TED Talks. LINKS The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries Institute for Humane Education Free Solutionary Guidebook for teachers Solutionary micro credential program Online Graduate Programs with Antioch University  Difference Making