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# Getting Smart: Building the future of learning for all\.

> Getting Smart explores and implements trends at the cutting edge of powerful and equitable learning experiences\.

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## Pages
- [Innovative Schools](https://www.gettingsmart.com/schools/)
- [Getting Smart Town Halls](https://www.gettingsmart.com/getting-smart-town-halls/)
- [Learning Design](https://www.gettingsmart.com/system-and-learning-design/)
- [Strategy](https://www.gettingsmart.com/strategy/)
- [Storytelling](https://www.gettingsmart.com/communication-storytelling/)
- [Professional Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/professional-learning-community/)
- [What We Do](https://www.gettingsmart.com/work-with-us/)
- [Home](https://www.gettingsmart.com/)
- [Invention Opportunity](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/invention-opportunity/)
- [Advancing AI, Measurement and Assessment System Innovation](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/assessment-in-the-service-of-learning/)
- [Horizon Three Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/h3-learning/)
- [Schools Worth Visiting](https://www.gettingsmart.com/schools-worth-visiting/)
- [New Pathways](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/)
- [Unbundled Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/unbundled-learning/)
- [Credentialed Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/credentialing/)
- [Support \& Guidance](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/support-guidance/)
- [Policies \& Systems](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/policies-systems/)
- [New Learning Models](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/new-learning-models/)
- [Accelerated Pathways](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/new-pathways/accelerated-pathways/)
- [Campaign \& Initiative Development](https://www.gettingsmart.com/campaign-initiative-development/)
- [Difference Making](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/differencemaking/)
- [Green Schools](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/green-schools/)
- [Ed3](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/ed3/)
- [The Future of Work](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/the-future-of-work/)
- [Project\-Based World](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/project-based-world/)
- [Data Science Education](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/data-science-education/)
- [Power of Place](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/power-of-place/)
- [Playlists](https://www.gettingsmart.com/playlists/)
- [School Networks](https://www.gettingsmart.com/series/school-networks/)

## Posts
- [Trends Shaping Education in 2022](https://www.gettingsmart.com/2022/01/11/trends-shaping-education-in-2022/): Tom highlights the trends that are shaping education in 2022\.
- [Real World Learning Case Study: Kansas City Region](https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/10/26/real-world-learning-case-study-kansas-city-region/): The Real World Learning initiative that mobilized over 75 high schools so that every student graduates with a diploma and authentic learning experience\.
- [Are You Putting Learners First? Here are 8 Ways to Check Yourself](https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/05/25/are-you-putting-learners-first-here-are-8-ways-to-check-yourself/): Shifting to a learner\-centered design frame of mind is becoming more crucial in order to adapt to learners changing educational needs\. Here are ways to ensure you are putting the learner first\.
- [20 Invention Opportunities in Learning \& Development](https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/02/11/20-invention-opportunities-in-learning-development/): We have spent the last few months surveying the 20 Invention Opportunities that we believe will positively impact learning and development for years to come\. Check out the new report\. 
- [In Kansas City, Real World Learning Finds Champions on Both Sides of the State Line](https://www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/21/in-kansas-city-real-world-learning-finds-champions-on-both-sides-of-the-state-line/): Real World Learning unites Kansas City educators and employers to expand Market Value Assets and prepare students for joyful careers\.



## Events
- [Rural Empowerment Conference](https://www.gettingsmart.com/events/rural-empowerment-conference/)
- [NewSchools Summit 2026](https://www.gettingsmart.com/events/newschools-summit-2026/)
- [New Pathways: Arizona](https://www.gettingsmart.com/events/new-pathways-arizona/)
- [Rebooting School: A Superintendent's Guide to a New Operating System](https://www.gettingsmart.com/events/rebooting-school-a-superintendents-guide-to-a-new-operating-system/)
- [What's Next in Learning: 2026](https://www.gettingsmart.com/events/whats-next-in-learning-2026/)

## Locations
- [The Foundry](https://www.gettingsmart.com/locations/the-foundry/)
- [Hilton Bayfront San Diego](https://www.gettingsmart.com/locations/hilton-bayfront-san-diego/)
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- [DoubleTree](https://www.gettingsmart.com/locations/doubletree/)
- [The Center for Global Citizenship](https://www.gettingsmart.com/locations/the-center-for-global-citizenship/)

## Podcast Episodes
- [Catching Up: Human Connection, AI Hive Minds, and the Skills Gap](https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/catching-up-human-connection-ai-hive-minds-and-the-skills-gap/): AI, durable skills, and portraits of a graduate shape this conversation on future\-ready schools, real\-world learning, and agency\.


- [Jean\-Claude Brizard on the Center for Learner Pathway Innovations](https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/jean-claude-brizard-on-the-center-for-learner-pathway-innovations/): Digital Promise’s new Center for Learner Pathway Innovations advances unbounded pathways, co\-created design, and next\-gen credentialing\.


- [Town Hall: Experience Matters](https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/town-hall-experience-matters/)
- [Ted Dintersmith on Rethinking Math for a Changing World](https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/ted-dintersmith-on-rethinking-math-for-a-changing-world/): Rethink K\-12 math: shift from rote skills and calculus to data literacy, statistics, and real\-world problem solving in the AI era\.


- [Stephanie Malia Krauss on Helping Kids \(and Ourselves\) Thrive in a Changing World](https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/stephanie-malia-krauss-on-helping-kids-and-ourselves-thrive-in-a-changing-world/): Rehumanize school and home with body, mind, heart, and spirit essentials—food, sleep, play, belonging, and purpose\.



## Team
- [Mason Pashia](https://www.gettingsmart.com/team/mason-pashia/)
- [Caroline Vander Ark](https://www.gettingsmart.com/team/caroline-vander-ark/): Caroline Vander Ark specializes in speaking on community leadership, marketing, social media and storytelling\. Her passion is growing people and enabling them to grow themselves\.
- [Tom Vander Ark](https://www.gettingsmart.com/team/tom-vander-ark/): Tom is a thought leader in the future of work and learning, leadership, impact investing, place\-based education and difference making\. His experience ranges from districts to non\-profits and he has a track record of being ahead of education industry trends for the last 25 years\.
- [Rebecca Midles](https://www.gettingsmart.com/team/rebecca-midles/): Rebecca Midles is a thought leader transforming systems, learner\-centered instructional frameworks \& design, and social and emotional learning frameworks\. She also can speak to creating a productive and inclusive school and district culture and modern leadership design\.
- [Nate McClennen](https://www.gettingsmart.com/team/nate-mcclennen/): Nate McClennen is a long\-time innovator in education and has experience in a wide variety of settings ranging from tech to network building\. He loves speaking on place\-based education, school start\-up, technology, rural communities, networks and more\.

## Schools
- [ASU Prep Digital\+](https://www.gettingsmart.com/school/asu-prep/)
- [Ellemercito Academy](https://www.gettingsmart.com/school/ellemercito-academy/)
- [The Early IT Microschool Powered by the PAST Foundation](https://www.gettingsmart.com/school/past-foundation-early-it/)
- [Issaquah School District Microschool](https://www.gettingsmart.com/school/issaquah-school-district/)
- [Colossal Academy](https://www.gettingsmart.com/school/colossal-academy/)

## White Papers
- [Expanding Access, Value and Experiences Through Credentials](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/expanding-access-value-and-experiences-through-credentials/)
- [AI in Education](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/artificial-intelligence/): We've been covering the impact of artificial intelligence on education for the last seven years\. Here's what we've found so far\.\.\.
- [Unbundled Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/unbundled-learning/): This publication from Getting Smart highlights unbundling and rebundling learning experiences for powerful, community driven learning\.  
- [Support \& Guidance](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/support-guidance/): Strong support and guidance systems build purpose, help learners explore careers, build their social capital and skyrockets their potential\. 
- [Green Pathways](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/green-pathways/): This publication shows school leaders, learning stakeholders and industry the importance of embedding green pathways in the K12 experience\. 
- [New Pathways Handbook](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/new-pathways-handbook/): The New Pathways Handbook is guide for system leaders to get started in implementing new supports for student success\.
- [New Pathways Handbook: The Path to Pathways](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/new-pathways-handbook/path/): This final section of the handbook showcases change/progress indicators in the system's journey to pathways with ideas of how to get started\.
- [The Portrait Model](https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/the-portrait-model-building-coherence-in-school-and-system-redesign/): A “Portrait” framework helps leaders implement a new collective re\-design vision\. This publication highlights the Portrait of a Learner, the Portrait of a System, the Portrait of a Leader, the Portrait of an Educator and a Self\-Portrait\.

## Categories
- [Personalized Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/personalized-learning/)
- [EdTech](https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/edtech/)
- [Leadership](https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/leadership/)
- [Series](https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/series/)
- [Future of Learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/future-of-learning/)

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- [personalized learning](https://www.gettingsmart.com/tag/personalized-learning/)

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