Getting Smart Podcast

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by GettingSmart.com where we recently ran a related post called So You Designed a Profile of a Graduate, Now What? On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ken Kay, founder of Partnership for 21st Century Skills, leading advocate of the 4C's and its successor EdLeader 21, and co-author of Redefining Student Success, featured on an August episode of the Getting Smart Podcast. We are also joined by Dr. Yong Zhao, a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He is also the author of the new book Learners Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for All Students. Let's listen in as they discuss Portrait of a Graduate, learning pathways and more.

You're listening to the Getting Smart Podcast. On today's episode we are sharing a recording of a recent town hall event called What's Next in Learning: 2022, which was led by the Getting Smart Team. Over the course of the conversation we spotlight inspiring audience members, share tons of leading examples and drop links to some of our favorite resources. You can find those links here. We hope you enjoy and register for our next town hall here.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Stig Leschly, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School where he teaches entrepreneurship. Stig is a practicing entrepreneur, and is currently the CEO and Founder of College101, an issue advocacy organization focused on US higher education. Let's listen in as they discuss what can be done to fix higher education, maximizing advocacy and more.

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is brought to you by the upcoming Smart Sprint, which kicks off January 24th. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Getting Smart's Educator in Residence Deion Jordan is joined by a few very special guests from Crosstown High in Memphis, TN — Ava, Dallas, and Vera. They are all seniors at Crosstown High school. For the past four years, these students have held various leadership roles and contributed greatly to the Imagineering and envisioning of their school. We will spend our time together discussing co-authorship at Crosstown High. This conversation was inspired by recent Getting Smart articles like this one that place an emphasis on students leading learning and co-authoring their own learning experiences. Let's listen in!

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by the spring cohort of Education Reimagined's Learning Lab Orientation. You can register now! On this episode, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Gilda Barabino, the President of the Olin College for Engineering. Dr. Barabino is also the Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Olin. She is the president-elect of AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and previously served as Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York. Let's listen in as they discuss chemistry, engineeringunleashed.com, the power of access and affordability and much more.

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by What If. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Rhonda Broussard, founder of Beloved Community, veteran educator, student of the world and author of the upcoming book One Good Question. Let's listen in as they discuss agency, education in 2030, equity audits and much more.

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by Smart Sprints. We recently hosted a Getting Smart Town Hall alongside Green Schools National Network to spotlight some of their recent work on establishing a GreenPrint, a framework and philosophy for building an ecosystem of sustainability minded schools and learners. Check out the full show notes here. Learn more about the GreenPrint. View links from the event.

This episode is sponsored by our upcoming Smart Sprint. Find out more here. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Greg Toppo and Jim Tracy, co-authors of the new book, Running with Robots: The American High School's Third Century. Greg Toppo is a journalist who has covered education for more than twenty years. He is also the author of The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter. This is Jim's second time on the podcast. Jim is a Stanford trained historian, and a Senior Advisor at JFF who has been head of several independent schools. Let's listen in as they discuss education in the year 2040, AI and much more.

On this episode of the EduCatered podcast, we're joined by Rachelle Dené Poth, a Spanish and STEAM educator who lives in Pennsylvania. She is also a Getting Smart Columnist and active conference goer, tweeter and the first person to jump into a new tech solution. Shawnee chats with Rachelle about a range of topics, ranging from the importance of being involved to apple pie. She also expresses gratitude for the work of Katie Martin, a friend of Getting Smart as well! You can check out Katie's episode of the Getting Smart Podcast here. Let's dig in.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Brent Maddin, Executive Director of Next Education Workforce at Arizona State University. Brent leads a team that is collaborating with P-12 practitioners and higher-ed faculty to help design the roles of current educators, expand who enters the education workforce, and rethink how we develop and credential these educators. Prior to coming to ASU, Brent was a co-founder and Provost at the Relay Graduate School of Education and also founded TeacherSquared—a national center dedicated to increasing collaboration among teacher preparation institutions.