Reinventing 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, and a source of collective intelligence about the science of learning.
Nichole Berg & Kimberly Howard on Educating on Climate Change
The Getting Smart team is bringing you an interesting podcast episode on educating on climate change with Nichole Berg and Kimberly Howard.
Grab Your Headphones: 10 Must Hear Podcasts
This week instead of our weekly podcast episode, we wanted to bring you our team’s favorite podcasts from the “vault”. Grab your headphones, press play and listen in as we unpack all things new and innovative in education.
Scaling Competency-Based Education: Equity-Focused Strategies for Policy and Practice
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 five key points to move the field toward CBE for all.
Podcast: Randy Fielding on Learning Environments for the Future
Randy Fielding, the founder of Fielding Nair International, a global leader in designing learning communities, sits down with Tom and shares some of FNI's design principles aligned to the future of learning.
Podcast: Michael Horn on Choosing College
Today we speak with Michael Horn of the Clayton Christensen Institute, author of Disrupting Class and newly released book Choosing College. Listen to Tom and Michael discuss the higher education landscape.
Thomas Hatch on The Education We Need and the Future We Can’t Predict
On this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Tom sits down with Dr. Thomas Hatch to discuss powerful learning experiences, micro innovations and the power of coherence.
Podcast: Kristi Dominguez & Ellen Dorr: Leading Central Systems Through COVID-19 with Optimism, Hope & Love
Kelly Niccolls talks with Kristi Dominguez & Ellen Dorr about leading through COVID-19 and these unprecedented circumstances.
Sharif El-Mekki on Growing Educators of Color Through Pleasure, Duty and Honor
On this episode we’re joined by Sharif El-Mekki, Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development and host of the 8 Black Hands Podcast.
Up Close with Nevada Succeeds: Origins of the InspirED Fellowship
This is a special Getting Smart Podcast mini-series about the Nevada Succeeds InspirED Fellowship. Nevada Succeeds is a Las Vegas-based education nonprofit focused on empowering systems transformation through educator impact, policy, and design thinking. Dedicated to building a statewide ecosystem, Nevada Succeeds launched an InspirED Fellowship in July 2020…