About the Getting Smart Podcast
The Getting Smart Podcast covers trends, innovations and insights in K-12, higher ed, lifelong learning, leadership, investing and more. You can listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. If you’re on Spotify, we have built some great playlists to help you jump into some conversations we’ve been having over the last few years. You can go long on the following topics:
- Student Voice
- Pathways to Postsecondary
- Green Skills & Schools
- Microschools
- What’s Next in Learning
- AI in Education
- Next Generation Leadership
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Jennifer Purcell on Future Ready Oregon and a Future Ready Workforce
Explore workforce development and public leadership through Oregon's Future Ready initiative, highlighting public-private partnerships.
Laura Slover and Mike Flanagan on Skills for the Future
Explore the future of education with ETS and Mastery Transcript Consortium, focusing on skills, assessments, and learner records.
Laurie Gagnon on Competency-Based Education and a Competency-Based System
Explore Competency-Based Education (CBE) and its impact on personalized, equitable learning with insights from Laurie Gagnon of the Aurora Institute.
Town Hall Recap: The Landscape of Credentialing Experiences
In a recent Getting Smart town hall, the focus was on the concept of experience credentialing within educational settings, which involved discussions among various experts in the credentialing world. Nate McClennen moderated the event, which included a demonstration by Ian from Schooljoy, illustrating the practical application of AI in creating…
Danny Martin on Esposure and the Promise of eSports Pathways
Explore how eSports creates community and teaches workforce skills, with insights from Danny Martin on education and entrepreneurship.