Getting Smart Podcast

On this special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers hosts a live conversation at SXSW EDU with Kenny Rodrequez, Superintendent of Grandview C-4 School District and Paul McCorkle, Associate Executive Director of Cornerstones of Care.   Listen in to hear them discuss essential skills, connecting to communities, economic mobility and much more.    Links: Kenny Rodrequez Paul McCorkle Grandview C-4 School District Cornerstones of Care SXSW Episode Link

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Jennifer Seydel and David Sobel, co-authors of the new book Trailblazers for Whole School Sustainability. Jenny is the Executive Director of the Green Schools National Network and has decades of experience in the classroom and building new green schools around the world.  David is an avid writer and speaker on outdoor education and play-based learning and is the Professor Emeritus in the Education Department at Antioch University New England. Let’s listen in as they discuss schools that focus on sustainability as a core part of their mission.  Links:  David Sobel Green Schools Town Hall Green Schools National Network Boulder Valley Prairie Crossing Encinitas Union School District

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Mike Ruyle, a former educator, a recognized voice in trauma-informed care and the recent author of the book The School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement.  We are also joined by co-author Dr. Jason Cummins, who is a Crow tribal member and principal from the Crow reservation in Montana. He was also recently the Montana Indian Educator of the Year and is the host of the podcast Trail-Cast. Let’s listen in as they discuss trauma, the medicine wheel, personalized learning and much more.    Links: The School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement. Mike Ruyle Trail-Cast Crow Agency School Leading the Evolution Dr. Sarah Laser Dr. Benjamin Bloom  Rachel Yehuda  Zaretta Hammond Pamela Cantor Nadine Burk Harris

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Aaron Schorn, Head of Growth & Community at Unrulr. He is also a Getting Smart Columnist.  They are also joined by Trinity Asing, the founder of Mauka Market - the world’s first regenerative marketplace.  Aaron supported Trinity’s journey at Nalukai, a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Hawai’i. We’re thrilled to talk with these inspiring guests about youth entrepreneurship, sustainability and ecoschools and much more.  Links UnrulrNalukaiMauka Getting Smart articles by Aaron

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by one of his favorite podcast hosts… Baratunde Thurston, host of the How to Citizen podcast. Baratunde is an Emmy-nominated host, author of the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black, and creator/host of How To Citizen with Baratunde which Apple named one of its favorite podcasts of 2020. He’s also a founding partner of the new media startup Puck. He will also be keynoting SXSW EDU alongside his friend Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering. We appreciate the work that Baratunde is doing to shed light on important people, organizations and methods to turn citizen into a verb.  Links How to CitizenHow to Be BlackSXSW with Priya ParkerCommunity SolutionsFolded Map ProjectSee No Stranger by Valerie KaurEric LiuBuild  Some of our favorite How to Citizen Episodes Fast, Fair, Fun (with Digital Minister Audrey Tang)Building Bridges, Not Walls (With Tonika Johnson)Why Is Our Economy So … White? (with Heather McGhee)

We are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That’s Catered to Educators. Subscribe here! At Getting Smart, food, education, and innovation are at the heart of our recipe. This podcast mixes it all together to get to know teachers that are doing the work and making a difference.  We start with the appetizer: what makes these educators unique. Then to the main course, stories and experiences that have helped to shape their practice. Finally, dessert, some tips for what you can do next — creating a future of learning that works for everyone. On this episode of EduCatered we’re joined by Dr. Tequilla Brownie. While we try to feature educators on this podcast, the work of Tequilla and her organization is too important to pass up. Tequilla is the recently appointed CEO of TNTP, an organization that is seeking to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom.  Tequilla will be leading a session at SXSW EDU on March 8th, 2022 on Disrupting Racial Inequities in K-12 Schools and much of the story of racial inequity is Tequilla’s story as well.  Let’s listen in as Shawnee and Tequilla discuss the crossover of education and social work, understanding what motivates young people and more.  Links:  TNTP Session at SXSW Twitter LinkedIn Maslow Full Shownotes

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Joseph South (@southjoseph), Chief Learning Officer at ISTE. Joseph formerly served as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education.  Let's listen in as Tom and Joseph discuss the importance of expertise and providing students with the chance to do work that matters to them and their community.  Where to go for more?  Peak: Secrets from the new Science of Expertise  https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-27-mia-in-school-instilling-a-sense-of-purpose-in-students  Esther Wojcicki on Raising Successful People www.learningaccelerant.com or via Twitter @southjoseph

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Caroline Hill, a Washington DC based education entrepreneur and founder of 228 Accelerator. Caroline also is the creator of the equityXdesign framework, a way of building on design thinking and other design processes to ensure human-centered and equitable practices.  Let’s listen in as Tom and Caroline discuss the importance of mindfulness and wellness for leaders, what drives innovation, reimagining black history month, redesigning oppressive systems and much more.   Links:  4.0 Schools228 AcceleratorTwitterequityXdesign PaperBlack Next-Story MonthSomatic BreathingKen Kay and Yong Zhao on Portrait of a Graduate Full Shownotes

On this episode of the podcast, we are running a recent Getting Smart Town Hall recording all about unbundling and re-bundling learning experiences. The conversation covered schools and programs that are reframing learning to credential, credit, and count programs and experiences outside of the traditional pathways in order to better meet the increasing variety of school choice, increasing demand by parents, and increasing quality options. This event was co-facilitated by team members Nate McClennen and Tom Vander Ark and featured a wide range of guests.   More about townhalls Inspiration blog Links from event Full shownotes

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by the Smart Update, our weekly newsletter. Sign up today. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by a superstar lineup of design thought leaders to discuss liberatory design.  Victor Cary, Senior Director at the National Equity Project (formerly known as the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools) has worked in education for over 40 years, starting as a high school teacher in Richmond, CA.  David Clifford is the co-creator of Liberatory Design. He also founded DSX, an educational non-profit that invites creative courage in all of us to design for equity.  Tania Anaissie is also a co-creator of Liberatory Design. She is the founder of Beytna Design. She is also Faculty at The National Equity Project. Links Building Equitable Learning Environment network#LiberatoryDesign LiberatoryDesign.comequityXdesignDesign for Belonging by Susie Wise  You can view the full shownotes here.