Getting Smart Podcast

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by New Pathways Senior Fellow Timothy Jones to discuss one of our New Pathways Design Principles: Purposeful. When designing pathways, they must "help learners identify strengths and interests and match them with possible futures. With a growing sense of purpose, learners spot opportunities and develop an entrepreneurial mindset."

Links:

• New Pathways

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee is joined by New Pathways Senior Fellow Timothy Jones to discuss one of our New Pathways Design Principles: Intentional.

When designing pathways, ensure that they are "co-authored experiences and journeys with personalized and localized guidance and support."

Links:

• New Pathways

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee is joined by New Pathways Senior Fellow Timothy Jones to discuss one of our New Pathways Design Principles: Curated.

When designing pathways, they must be "meaningful sequences of learning experiences linked to opportunity. The result in experiencing success in what's next: real work experience, college credit, and industry-recognized credentials."

Links:

• New Pathways

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee is joined by New Pathways Senior Fellow Timothy Jones to discuss one of our New Pathways Design Principles: Equitable.

When designing pathways, they must "provide equitable accessible, meaningful accommodation and support the development of social capital needed to access opportunity.

Links:

• New Pathways

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Michael Gonzalez, Executive Director of Rural Schools Innovation Zone, a first-of-its-kind partnership made up of five school districts and five institutions of higher education in South Texas that, like our New Pathways campaign, help students find success in what's next.

Links:

• Rural Schools Innovation Zone

• Michael Gonzalez LinkedIn

• Progressive Policy Institute

Join your community March 4-7 in Austin, Texas for SXSW EDU 2024 to help create a new tomorrow for learners everywhere! Go to sxswedu.com/attend/ to learn more.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Lydia Logan, Vice President, Global Education and Workforce Development, Corporate Social Responsibility at IBM.

Together, Lydia and Tom talk about the credentialing landscape, the rise of green skills and how IBM is bridging those worlds with SkillsBuilds.

Links:

• Lydia Logan

• Press Release

• IBM SkillsBuild

• IBM Commits to Train 2 Million in Artificial Intelligence in Three Years, with a Focus on Underrepresented Communities (Sept)

• IBM Commits to Skill 30 Million People Globally by 2030 (oct)

• Justina Nixon-Saintil on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Rise of P-TECH

Join your community March 4-7 in Austin, Texas for SXSW EDU 2024 to help create a new tomorrow for learners everywhere! Go to sxswedu.com/attend/ to learn more.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined by Josh Schachter, Founder of CommunityShare and long-time storyteller of environment and community. CommunityShare is a platform that connects young people to local opportunities and mentors to grow their networks. Their website prompts visitors to "Imagine your community as a human library."

Links:

• Josh Schachter LinkedIn

• CommunityShare

• Praising Dark Places by Yusef Komunyakaa

• Learning Justice Project

• Josh Schachter Photography

• Creative Narrations

This episode is an overview of a recent contribution to a publication from the Hoover Institute written by Tom Vander Ark. This publication takes a look at the shift from print to digital in light of the 40th anniversary of A Nation At Risk. This era marked a shift from information scarcity to abundance, a shift from searching to sorting. It changed what, how, and where people learn, and not always for the better. In American schools, the shift to digital learning was gradual, uneven, often chaotic, expensive, and, while there was observed improvement in engagement, largely ineffective at boosting traditional outcomes.

The shift to digital learning was marked by four phases: computers in the back of the room, introduction of the World Wide Web, the rise of blended learning, and remote learning. The rise of generative AI in 2022 marks a new era of human-computer interaction.

Links:

1. View Publication
2. A Nation at Risk +40 | A Review of Progress in US Public Education
3. AI for Education Publication
4. Amanda Bickerstaff on AI for Education
5. Bodo Hoenen on Generative AI for Curriculum
6. Charles Fadel on Education and Competencies for the Age of AI

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Nate McClennen is joined by Rachna Mathur, Senior STEM Strategist, CEO/Founder of Stemology Club and Meg Grothman, Director of Arizona Impact and Mathematics Innovation at ASU Prep. We have worked with ASU Prep and ASU over the years, and they both continue to live up to their reputation as innovative organizations that are inclusive rather than exclusive in who they serve. They are organizations that say yes to any solution that will help all students succeed.

Links:

• Rachna Mathur Website

• Megan Grothman LinkedIn

• Rachna Mathur LinkedIn

• ASU Prep

• Digit

• Teach AI - AI Strategy Deck

• Si Se Puede Foundation

• Tempe Innovation Center

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Sharif El-Mekki, Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. A proud alum of Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, PA and the former principal of Mastery Charter, Shoemaker Campus, Sharif sees education as activism and teachers as civic leaders. Sharif is also the co-host of the 8 Black Hands podcast. His mantra, "We Need Black Teachers" is more than a rallying cry, but a deep desire to give voice to the over 8 million black learners that need to see themselves in their classrooms and community.

Links:

• Center for Black Educator Development

• Phillys7thWard

• 8 Black Hands podcast

• Teaching Pathways

• LinkedIn

• Center for Black Educators 2022 Report

• Dr. Gregg Carr

• Fugitive Pedagogy by Dr. Jarvis Givens

• Education of Black People by W.EB Dubois

• Speeches to the Youth by Malcolm X

• Black Teachers on Teaching by Dr. Michelle Foster

• Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker

• Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

• Dr. Zaretta Hammond