Getting Smart Podcast

Voices from education leaders at the 2016 Deeper Learning Conference sharing their thoughts on deeper learning and the impact educators can have on students’ lives.

Tim Stensager is a lifelong educator and EdLeader in Washington State. He now serves in the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). In this episode, we talk with Tim about the role that guidance plays in college and career readiness

Inspired by #OERStories, this episode is all about Open Educational Resources (OER). Tom Vander Ark leads our examination of what the shift to digital means when it comes to content. We talk about what the difference between free and open resources, the impact of the rise of Chromebooks and the role of learning platforms with OER, as what all this means for teachers, districts and states.

Napa New Technology High School was created when local businesspeople came together in 1996 to develop a school in which students would learn the skills necessary to succeed in the new economy. Fast forward to 2016 and the New Tech Network supports nearly 200 schools, 90% of them in school districts.

In this episode we talk with Intrepid Learning who are making the case that when it comes to professional learning to deliver value not only to businesses with innovative approaches to PD, but also to employees with credentialing that can be carried throughout their careers.

Liz Whisnant, Principal at Horace Mann Elementary in Washington, D.C., led the most interesting pedagogy to facilities translation that we’ve encountered, and she shares more with us about this journey.

Author Trenton Goble discusses sharing candid and powerful stories of his own time teaching and leading schools as a principal in his new book--Reclaiming the Classroom: How America’s Teachers Lost Control of Education and How They Can Get It Back

In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we feature student stories about their experiences with project-based learning (PBL), an interview with a PBL STEM teacher and interviews with education leaders Bob Lenz and John Larmer of Buck Institute for Education about PBL and the impact PBL has on student achievement.

At its core, the purpose of the personalized learning framework is to open student pathways and to encourage student voice in their education. As we shift to next-gen education models, ones that place students at the center and in control of learning, student voice can serve as a catalyst for this change. This episode was sponsored by The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation and iNACOL. Correction: David Haglund is now deputy superintendent in Santa Ana Unified Schools District.