Getting Smart Podcast

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.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Rebecca Midles is joined by Jenna Mancini Rufo, co-author of Reimagining Special Education: Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students alongside Julie Causton. Jenna is the CEO of empowerED, an education consulting firm specializing in inclusion, special education, and equity. In addition to being a special education teacher, Jenna has experience as a former Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Director, and Policy Specialist. Today she spends her time supporting organizations and schools in rethinking special education. Let's listen in as Jenna and Rebecca discuss learning models, intervention, co-teaching and much more.

We are thrilled to bring you a new podcast from Getting Smart called EduCatered: A Podcast That's Catered to Educators. Subscribe here! On this episode of EduCatered we're joined by Rachael Fenner, a Reading Specialist and Teacher at Carr Lane, a Visual and Performing Arts Middle school in St. Louis. Rachael is fond of walking her dog Mocha, reading young adult fiction and you know our favorite… cooking. Shawnee and Rachael talk about a range of topics - from the difficulties of middle school, to the importance of knowing the context of where you live. Let's dig in! Links: The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

You're listening to the Getting Smart Podcast. I'm Nate McClennen and today I'm joined by Taylor Shead, the CEO of STEMuli. STEMuli is a Dallas-based company that is building technology skills for the workforce in order to build a diverse talent pipeline. They are also the first educational metaverse that has been integrated into public school in the U.S.. Recently, STEMuli was awarded the Transformation Award from Forbes. Let's listen in as Nate and Taylor discuss what the metaverse is, who it benefits, how far off we are from a full virtual learning ecosystem and more. Links/Mentions: STEMuliMichael MoeDr. Usamah RogersMoses Estigoy

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.