Are schools collecting too much data? | Dr. Kelly Page
Digital badges and credentials promise to finally show what a learner actually knows. Dr. Kelly Page says that promise has a dark side nobod...
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The Getting Smart Podcast covers topics in K-12, HigherEd and lifelong learning. Episodes cover developments in research, technology, entrepreneurs, methods and more to bring listeners some...
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20 of 524 episodesCatching Up: Meta's Billion-Dollar Payout, AI Search Bias, and Fixing Student Voice
In this episode of Catching Up, Nate McClennen and Mason Pashia get into what happens after a $2.5 billion settlement lands, and whether "fu...
Janice K. Jackson Ran Chicago Public Schools. Here's What She'd Change. | Janice K. Jackson
Public education is facing a moment it hasn't seen in decades: shrinking enrollment, an explosion of school choice options, and real questio...
The $1,700 School Tax Credit Public Schools Should Be Talking About | Antonio Parés
A new federal tax credit is launching in January 2027 that could bring real money into public schools, and most districts don't even know it...
Are We Designing Schools for Systems or for People? | Jane Shore
Dr. Jane Shore is an education researcher, school co-founder, and author of "People-Based Learning: The Future of Learning is Human" (Routle...
Why 'Why Am I Learning This?' Is the Most Important Question in Education | Edson Barton
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, host Mason Pashia sits down with Edson Barton, CEO and co-founder of YouScience, to explore wh...
Catching Up: Job Cliff, Enrollment Drop, and the Hidden Crisis No One Is Talking About?
In this episode of Catching Up, Nate McClennen and Mason Pashia tackle three of the most urgent tensions in modern education. They explore a...
How Can Districts Turn Jobs Into Degrees to Build Stronger Teacher Pipelines? | Joe Ross
Reach University is rethinking higher education with a simple but powerful idea: turn jobs into degrees. In this conversation, Joe Ross shar...
Tell Story: Tyson Yunkaporta on Deep Time, Creolization, and Education
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia and Jason Cummins sit down with Tyson Yunkaporta for a thought-provoking conversa...
How are theatre education and gamification related? | Gersom de Koning
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia sits down with Gersom de Koning to explore theater education as a transformative...
Transformation Journey: Liberty Public Schools
In this episode of The Getting Smart Podcast with Liberty Public Schools, Rebecca Midles introduces how Liberty Public Schools, located just...
How can Empathy Interviews Change Education for the Better? | Chris McNutt
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia talks with Chris McNutt of Human Restoration Project about how empathy interviews...
What If Every Graduate Left With a Plan? | Dr. Whitney Oakley
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers sits down with Dr. Whitney Oakley, superintendent of Guilford County Schools...
How Can Classrooms Teach Democracy? | Dr. Douglas Yacek
Outline (0:00) Introduction & Ancient Grains (6:45) Teaching Across Contexts (11:39) The Stimulation Gap (17:36) The Hook, Pitch, Awakening...
What Do Parents Really Want? | Keri Rodrigues
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia sits down with Keri Rodrigues, founder and president of the National Parents Unio...
Catching Up: Student Influencers, AI's Mirror Problem & The Power of Early Work Experience
In this episode of Catching Up, Nate McClennen and Mason Pashia explore the ideas shaping the future of learning and work—from the link betw...
How Do We Teach Conversation? | Liza Garonzik
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen talks with Liza Garoznik, founder and CEO of Real Discussion, about one of the...
How Does Roadtrip Nation Help It's Students Find Passion? | Road Trip Nation Students
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia sits down with Joana Ponce and Catherine Alves, featured in Roadtrip Nation's Exp...
How Can We Lead Away From Fragmentation and Towards Coherence? | Adel DiOrio
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen sits down with Dr. Adel DiOrio to explore how school leaders can move from frag...
How Do Schools Turn Innovation Into Systemic Change? | Rebecca Wolfe
Why do so many promising ideas in education stay stuck in individual classrooms? In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClenne...