Tom Vander Ark
@tomvanderark.bsky.social
Education, Learning & Development
2040 is SO Not Boring! I’m 11 and Always Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/11/2... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
2040 is SO Not Boring! I'm 11 and Always Learning
Explore a future of personalized education, sustainability, and city-wide learning through the eyes of 11-year-old Leo in this inspiring story.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
2040 is SO Not Boring! I’m 11 and Always Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/11/2... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden talk about their #NewBook Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tess... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden on Innovation, Mindsets, and AI as Co-Creators
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Dr. Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden, authors of Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden talk about their #NewBook Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tess... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
on high school redesign www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/town... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Town Hall Recap: High School Redesigned
Explore high school redesign initiatives across the country and their impact on innovative models and skills development.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
on high school redesign www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/town... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Investing Today in Tomorrow’s Workforce: Michigan’s Strategy for STEM Talent www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/10/i... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Investing Today in Tomorrow’s Workforce: Michigan's Strategy for STEM Talent
Explore how Michigan STEM addresses the skills gap with experiential learning and robust talent pathways for the future.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Investing Today in Tomorrow’s Workforce: Michigan’s Strategy for STEM Talent www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/10/i... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Dr. Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden talk about their #newbook Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tess... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden on Innovation, Mindsets, and AI as Co-Creators
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Dr. Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden, authors of Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems ...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Dr. Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden talk about their #newbook Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tess... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Professional Learning in an AI World: A Playbook from SETDA for State and Local EdLeaders www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/06/p... @Getting_Smart
Professional Learning in an AI World: A Playbook for State and Local Leaders
Close the digital design divide with strategies for state/local leaders to support sustained, tech-integrated professional learning in K-12 education.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Professional Learning in an AI World: A Playbook from SETDA for State and Local EdLeaders www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/06/p... @Getting_Smart
How Can We Build Strategic Learning Organizations? The Power of ‘When’ www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/06/h... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
How Can We Build Strategic Learning Organizations? The Power of 'When'
Learn how to become a strategic learning organization and align your educational initiatives for better outcomes.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
How Can We Build Strategic Learning Organizations? The Power of ‘When’ www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/06/h... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Paul Benedict, Ohio University, on teaching entrepreneurship in the Age of AI www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/paul... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Paul Benedict on Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI
Ohio University's AI initiative equips students with AI skills, fostering entrepreneurship, real-world problem-solving, and innovation.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Paul Benedict, Ohio University, on teaching entrepreneurship in the Age of AI www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/paul... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
One Year After Helene: Western North Carolina Schools Anchor Recovery in Resilience www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/04/o... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
One Year After Helene: WNC Schools Anchor Recovery in Resilience
Explore the Western North Carolina Resilience Project, aimed at rebuilding stronger schools after Hurricane Helene.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One Year After Helene: Western North Carolina Schools Anchor Recovery in Resilience www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/04/o... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
The Architecture of Inference: Appreciating Robert Mislevy’s Evidence-Centered Design in the Age of AI www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/05/t... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
The Architecture of Inference: Appreciating Robert Mislevy’s Evidence-Centered Design in the Age of AI
Explore the insights of Robert Mislevy on assessment scores and learning contexts, merging language and subject knowledge complexities.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Architecture of Inference: Appreciating Robert Mislevy’s Evidence-Centered Design in the Age of AI www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/05/t... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Trust and Transformation: Why Local Intermediaries Are the Key to Education’s Future www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/05/t... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Trust & Transformation: Why Local Intermediaries Are the Key to Education’s Future
Understand how education intermediaries connect communities to opportunities and drive localized systemic change effectively.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trust and Transformation: Why Local Intermediaries Are the Key to Education’s Future www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/05/t... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E) is looking to #hire a Deputy Director to advance their mission for bringing data literacy and data science education to every K–12 classroom. uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Deputy Director, Data Science 4 Everyone
Department AI Data Science 4 Everyone About the Department Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E) is a national initiative working to catalyze the adoption of data science and data literacy as a fundamental c...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E) is looking to #hire a Deputy Director to advance their mission for bringing data literacy and data science education to every K–12 classroom. uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Jenny Curtin on Future Ready Opportunities for All www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/jenn... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @barrfoundation.org
Jenny Curtin on Future Ready Opportunities for All
Jenny Curtin discusses reimagining high schools, equitable opportunities, and systemic transformation on the Getting Smart Podcast.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jenny Curtin on Future Ready Opportunities for All www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/jenn... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @barrfoundation.org
At Two Schools for Elite Athletes, the Passion is the Point www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/03/a... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
At Two Schools for Elite Athletes, the Passion is the Point
Elite athlete-focused schools like YSC Academy and Burke Mountain Academy redefine education by aligning learning with students' passions and goals.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
At Two Schools for Elite Athletes, the Passion is the Point www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/03/a... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Paul Benedicton teaching entrepreneurship at Ohio University gettingsmart.com/podcast/paul...
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Paul Benedict on Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI
Ohio University's AI initiative equips students with AI skills, fostering entrepreneurship, real-world problem-solving, and innovation.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Paul Benedicton teaching entrepreneurship at Ohio University gettingsmart.com/podcast/paul...
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Tony Wagner and Ulrik Christensen talk about their #newbook Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tony... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Tony Wagner and Ulrik Christensen on Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction
Exploring mastery learning & deeper learning with Dr. Tony Wagner & Dr. Ulrik Christensen: redefining student agency, motivation & real-world learning.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Tony Wagner and Ulrik Christensen talk about their #newbook Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tony... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/29/f... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning
Explore how assessment can enhance learning with practical insights from the Handbook of Assessment in the Service of Learning.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/29/f... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Career Education That Works: Lessons from Noxubee County www.linkedin.com/pulse/career... @pltworg.bsky.social
Career Education That Works: Lessons from Noxubee County
I recently attended a summit in New Orleans with over 100 Career and Technical Education (CTE) leaders from across the country. We spent nearly three days discussing the future of CTE—what’s working, ...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Career Education That Works: Lessons from Noxubee County www.linkedin.com/pulse/career... @pltworg.bsky.social
Chris Green and Kaye Monk-Morgan on civic imagination www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/30/w... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @theklc.bsky.social
What is Civic Imagination and Why Do We Keep Proliferating Bad News? | A Conversation with Chris Green & Kaye Monk-Morgan
Learn how Kansas Leadership Center fosters civic leadership and solutions journalism to address complex, adaptive challenges and build stronger communities.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Chris Green and Kaye Monk-Morgan on civic imagination www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/30/w... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @theklc.bsky.social
The Public Microschool Playbook www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/p... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Public Microschool Playbook
At this pivotal moment in American education, public microschools provide a transformative approach to meet the evolving needs of learners and the rapidly changing demands of the workforce.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Public Microschool Playbook www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/p... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
UC Berkeley's Dr Ronald Dahl: Adolescence is a critical developmental phase featuring unique opportunities for fostering agency, contribution, and authentic mattering. www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/rona... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Ronald Dahl on The Adolescence Window
Explore why adolescence is a window of opportunity for learning, agency, and mattering with Dr. Ronald Dahl on this insightful episode of the Getting Smart Podcast.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
UC Berkeley's Dr Ronald Dahl: Adolescence is a critical developmental phase featuring unique opportunities for fostering agency, contribution, and authentic mattering. www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/rona... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Four Ways People Find Meaning Through Work michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/four-ways-...
Four Ways People Find Meaning Through Work
Helping others live a life of meaning has been something that’s animated my own purpose ever since I first grappled with Viktor Frankl’s philosophy, logotherapy.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Four Ways People Find Meaning Through Work michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/four-ways-...
Michael Horn on his #newbook Job Moves: Nine Steps for Making Progress in Your Career www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/mich... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
Michael Horn on Job Moves: Nine Steps for Making Progress in Your Career
Explore career pathways with Michael Horn as he delves into the jobs-to-be-done theory and its impact on career choices and education.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Michael Horn on his #newbook Job Moves: Nine Steps for Making Progress in Your Career www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/mich... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/29/f... @gettingsmart.bsky.social
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning
Explore how assessment can enhance learning with practical insights from the Handbook of Assessment in the Service of Learning.
www.gettingsmart.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/29/f... @gettingsmart.bsky.social