Getting Smart Podcast

This podcast has over 500 episodes highlighting developing trends in K-12 education, postsecondary and lifelong learning. Each week, Getting Smart team members interview students, leading authors, experts and practitioners in research, tech, entrepreneurship and leadership to bring listeners innovative and actionable strategies in education leadership. Be sure to also check out GettingSmart.com to stay on the cutting edge of innovations in learning.

Catching Up: Job Cliff, Enrollment Drop, and the Hidden Crisis No One Is Talking About? 08/12/2026

How Can Districts Turn Jobs Into Degrees to Build Stronger Teacher Pipelines? | Joe Ross 08/05/2026

Tell Story: Tyson Yunkaporta on Deep Time, Creolization, and Education 07/29/2026

How are theatre education and gamification related? | Gersom de Koning 07/22/2026

Transformation Journey: Liberty Public Schools 07/15/2026

How can Empathy Interviews Change Education for the Better? | Chris McNutt 07/01/2026

How Do Schools Build Durable Skills? | Michael Crawford Chris Unger 07/01/2026

What If Every Graduate Left With a Plan? | Dr. Whitney Oakley 06/24/2026

How Can Classrooms Teach Democracy? | Dr. Douglas Yacek 06/17/2026

What Do Parents Really Want? | Keri Rodrigues 06/10/2026

Catching Up: Student Influencers, AI's Mirror Problem & The Power of Early Work Experience 06/05/2026

How Do We Teach Conversation? | Liza Garonzik 06/03/2026

How Does Roadtrip Nation Help It's Students Find Passion? | Road Trip Nation Students 05/27/2026

How Can We Lead Away From Fragmentation and Towards Coherence? | Adel DiOrio 05/20/2026

How Do Schools Turn Innovation Into Systemic Change? | Rebecca Wolfe 05/13/2026

Transformation Journey: Lake City Area Schools with Tim Hejnal and Meghan Utech 05/08/2026

What Do Meaningful Work Based Learning Experiences Look Like At Scale? | Stephanie Reisner and Steph Loeck 05/06/2026

How Can We Reimagine the Teacher's Role for the AI Age? | Vriti Saraf 05/01/2026

How is The Magnolia Project Changing Education? | Gianna Biaggi 04/29/2026

How Are Wellesley High School Students Designing the Future of School? | Wellsey High Students 04/24/2026

What Makes a Child Well-Educated in the Age of AI? | Dr. Deborah Kenny 04/22/2026

Catching Up: Human Connection, AI Hive Minds, and the Skills Gap 04/17/2026

How Do We Build Unbounded, Co-Created Pathways for Every Learner? | Jean-Claude Brizard 04/15/2026

How Can We Rethink Math Education When Computers and AI Do the Calculations? | Ted Dintersmith 04/08/2026

How Do We Thrive and Rehumanize School for Kids and Adults? | Stephanie Malia Krauss 04/01/2026

How Can We Design Learning Spaces That Transform Education? | Kevin Stoller 03/25/2026

What Happens When Students Bring a Portrait of a Graduate to Life? | NEAAAT Students 03/18/2026

Catching Up: School Choice, AI & Humanity, and Bottom-Up Innovation 03/13/2026

How Do You Build a Team That Builds, Instead of Building It All Yourself? | Kelly Coffin 03/11/2026

What Makes Parents Choose Alternative Schools? | Eric Wearne 03/04/2026