Podcast Episodes

They're Rethinking High School | Transformation Journey: Bostonia Global

A K-8 district isn't supposed to have a high school. Bostonia Global built one anyway, and rethought what high school could look like in the process.…

1 month ago

What $600 Million Buys You in School Redesign | Mike Posthumus

A school in Singapore just spent over $600 million reimagining what a classroom should be, and it's not what you'd expect.

Mike Posthumus, learning d…

1 month ago

Why Being a Principal Has Become Impossible | Lindsay Whorton

The job of "principal" has quietly become impossible, one person expected to coach every teacher, be the expert in every subject, set the vision, and…

1 month, 1 week ago

Khan Academy's founder on AI: "Hope isn't a strategy" | Sal Khan

Will AI upend education as we know it, or just get absorbed into the systems we already have?

In this episode, host Nate McClennen talks with Sal Kha…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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 nobody's talki…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Catching 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 "fund real l…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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 questions about …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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 exists y…

2 months ago

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" (Routledge, 2026…

2 months, 1 week ago

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 what it tru…

2 months, 2 weeks ago