Getting Smart Podcast

In 2007, Joel Rose began developing an idea for an innovative, blended strategy for teaching middle school math. Over the course of the next nine years, it would develop into a program with over 40 partner schools positively impacting over 13,000 students. In this podcast, Tom Vander Ark talks to Joel about the program and where it's headed. For more, see: Let’s Talk Math: Two New Resources to Help Promote Mathematical Discourse (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/12/2-resources-mathematical-discourse/) Personalized Math at Fulton's Bear Creek Middle School (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/personalized-math-fultons-bear-creek-middle-school/) Middle Grade Math: Comprehensive and Open (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/10/middle-grade-math-comprehensive-and-open/)

In this podcast, Tom chats with Seth Andrew about the journey that led him from teaching special education, to founding one of the most successful schools in New York City, to developing that model into a network of schools serving 5000 students, and eventually to becoming one of Washington DC's leading EdTech influencers. For more, see: Visiting Schools: Transformative Professional Learning (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/05/transformative-professional-learning/) School Networks Scale Innovation (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2015/12/school-networks-scale-innovation/)

McGraw is a leader in adaptive learning. In this podcast, Stephen Laster, Chief Digital Officer at McGraw-Hill Education, chats with Tom Vander Ark about the "Platform Revolution" in technology.

Dr. Paul Kim, Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean at Stanford University Graduate School of Education, chats with Tom about the importance of inquiry-based learning as well as how Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will impact the future of education.

Rody Boonchouy, Senior Director of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships and Brandon Wiley, Chief Program Officer, at Buck Institute for Education, discuss the importance of global, high-quality PBL in the future of education with Bonnie Lathram at the 2016 iNACOL Symposium Voices Hub.

Olin College of Engineering students chat with Tom about what makes Olin different, their higher education project-based learning experiences and how they feel these experiences have made a difference in their college education.

iNACOL's 2016 Symposium featured a Student Plenary Panel keynote where a group of diverse students shared how they reimagined and personalized their own educations to overcome barriers and succeed. We were able to capture their amazing stories and experiences for our podcast, so listen in on the voices of tomorrow's leaders.

Andrew Frishman is co-executive director of Big Picture Learning, where the mission is the education of our nation "one student at a time." Listen to Andrew and Tom Vander Ark as they chat about what that means in real terms in schools across the United States.

Nate McClellan, VP of Education & Innovation at Teton Science Schools, takes Getting Smart's Carri Schneider on a tour of the four TSS campuses to speak with students and staff about their experiences and show her firsthand this school's powerful place-based approach to learning.

David Ross, the new CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, sat down with Bonnie Lathram to talk about global education, artificial intelligence, parenting, lifelong learning, how this is the golden age for project-based learning and how it connects to the importance of social and emotional learning.

Mona Mourshead and Tom Vander Ark discuss how the Generation social initiative she leads is closing the global youth unemployment gap by placing disconnected young adults in jobs and giving them the skills and support they need for continued success.

University Academy (UA) is a K-12 charter school, located in Kansas City, Missouri, that we think is one of the best college prep schools in the country. Here we chat with UA Chairman Bush Helzberg, Superintendent Tony Kline and Asst. Superintendent Rebeccas Gudde about why UA was founded and what continues to make it unique.

Dr. Dan Siegel of Mindsight Institute chats with Mary Ryerse about the importance of promoting strong relationships in the learning process while working with young students, focusing efforts to grow their Social-Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD).

Patricia DeKlotz, Superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District, discusses the variety of achievements she has accomplished in her district so far, and the one thing she focuses the majority of her efforts on to ensure success.

Senator Howard Stephenson shares more on Utah's legislative efforts to incentivize adoption of high-quality adaptive learning products for reading intervention, English language acquisition and elementary and secondary math.

Laurel Barrette, director of dropout prevention and high school initiatives at K12 Inc. and a former high school dropout herself, shares how K12 supports dropout prevention efforts, as well as strategies for how communities can support our most vulnerable students.

Drew Perkins, director of PD for TeachThought, chats with Emily Liebtag about project-based learning as the catalyst for a positive and widespread ripple effect in schools that results in positive community change.

Get a free ebook! A year ago we launched the book "Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning," and we're celebrating in this episode by revisiting the book, discussing back-to-school prep in several parent interviews and sharing a download code with our listeners for a free ebook copy.

Emily LIebtag sits down with Getting Smart CEO Tom Vander Ark and Gerald Huff, a senior Silicon Valley software engineer, to discuss the economic and educational implications of artificial intelligence.