Randy Ziegenfuss on Teacher Leadership and Student-Centered Learning
In this episode, Tom chats with Randy Ziegenfuss about his journey as an educator, his time at Salisbury and his podcast, "Shift Your Paradigm." The post Randy Ziegenfuss on Teacher Leadership and...
View ArticleProject-Based Learning Connects Real World With Deep Impact
In a special throwback episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we feature student stories about their experiences with project-based learning (PBL), an interview with a PBL STEM teacher and interviews...
View ArticleHow Teachers and Leaders Can Promote Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is the future of education. In the latest episode of the podcast, Tom shares five important attributes, five tips on learning environments and how teachers and leaders can help...
View Article20 Signs of Progress at Singapore American School
In this week's episode of the podcast Tom talks about the progress seen at Singapore American School when it comes to prepping students for life and college. The post 20 Signs of Progress at Singapore...
View ArticleSchool’s Out: Engaging Family and the Community
In this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Tom interviews two of the authors of Education Reimagined "Schools Out" paper, Amy Anderson and Scott Van Beck. Listen in as they about family...
View ArticleHelping Students Thrive in San Diego
This week we're bringing you a bonus episode to share the great interviews we got to do at iNACOL. Grab your headphones and hear the story of Thrive Public Schools. How it started, what they've learned...
View ArticleSchool’s Out: Anywhere, Anytime Learning and the Role of Technology
In part two of the series, Tom is joined by Nate McClennan and Oscar Brinson as they discuss anywhere, anytime learning, the community as a classroom, the importance of guidance of advisory for...
View ArticleSchools Out: Lessons Learned From Lindsay Unified School District
In our final episode of the Schools Out series, Tom speaks with Tom Rooney Superintendent of Lindsay Unified Public Schools. Listen in as they talk about lessons learned from Lindsay Unified Public...
View ArticleScaling Competency-Based Education: Equity-Focused Strategies for Policy and...
By: Tom Vander Ark and Mary Ryerse. This week's episode of the Getting Smart Podcast features an in-depth look at the equity imperative behind competency-based education, current barriers to CBE, and...
View ArticleThe Future is Here: Artificial Intelligence & What it Means For Our Kids
In this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, we throw it back to an old episode featuring Emily Liebtag, Tom Vander Ark and senior Silicon Valley software engineer Gerald Huff on how artificial...
View ArticleWhat 100 School Visits Taught Us This Year
We visited more than 100 schools this year. About half were new schools (in the last 20 years) and the other half were (at least partially) transformed. They were in every corner of the country and...
View ArticleMaking the City the Text at High Tech High
In this podcast episode, High Tech High leaders Larry Rosenstock, Jeff Robin and Kaleb Rashad share musings about student projects, starting new schools, hiring teachers and why the city the school is...
View ArticleHow the Micro-Credential Revolution is Transforming Professional Learning
Listen in to this week's new podcast episode to hear from Tom Vander Ark and BloomBoard's Jason Lange on how micro-credentials have the power to transform professional learning for educators, making it...
View ArticleWe Inherited a Factory but We Need a Design Studio (and 9 Other Problems)
In this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Tom discusses 10 problems in US Education he believes need to be addressed in order to take the first step towards building something better. The post We...
View ArticleLet’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...
View ArticleTransforming Spaces to Inspire Powerful Learning
An interview with learning space expert and architect, Danish Kurani, to dive into what makes learning spaces so important, how we can design classrooms and spaces for more powerful learning and more....
View ArticleImproving Access to Healthcare at School to Reduce Absenteeism
As a first-generation college student, Josh Golomb was planning on medical school. After college, he ran an AmeriCorp sponsored program at a medical school for high schools students. The post Improving...
View ArticleBecoming Fearless with Jean Case
We recently had the opportunity to interview Jean Case about her new book, Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a LIfe of Breakthroughs and Purpose. Listen in as we discuss her definition of fearlessness and...
View ArticleLearner-Centered Iowa BIG Propels Jemar Lee
Emily from the Getting Smart team interviews Jemar Lee, a former student from the Iowa BIG School, a place-based and learner-centered school in Cedar Rapids and a Next-Generation Learning Challenge and...
View ArticleReinventing Educator Preparation
On this week's podcast James Tracy, President of the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning discusses their innovative teaching methods that he describes as a thought lab, a design lab, a...
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