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.

Catching Up: Human Connection, AI Hive Minds, and the Skills Gap www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/catc... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Caison, Wyatt, and Luke - PLTW Engineering @ Center Grove High School

Learning Together podcast from @pltworg.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/5L8S8Jo...

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.

Jean-Claude Brizard on the Center for Learner Pathway Innovations gettingsmart.com/podcast/jean... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @digitalpromise.bsky.social

Knowledge is No Longer Enough: Why Experience and Wisdom are Education's New Priorities Explore the power of experience-based learning in cultivating wisdom in the next generation amid information overload.

Knowledge is No Longer Enough: Why Experience and Wisdom are Education’s New Priorities www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/14/k... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Learning Together podcast from @pltworg.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/5L8S8Jo...

Windfall Trust maps potential elements of a new social construct windfalltrust.org/policy-atlas/

Reimagining Learning for the Age of AI is a @crpe.bsky.social compendium including a great post by Scott Bess crpe.org/wp-content/u...

From the "Jagged Frontier" to the "Fractured Frontier": The Real Challenge of AI in K12 Inside the "fractured frontier" of AI in K12: fear, worries, hope and possibilities.

Chris Unger on The Real Challenge of AI in K12 arevolutionineducation.substack.com/p/from-the-j...

Designing for Belonging: Lessons from Districts Building What Technology Can’t Replace Discover how districts are wrestling with what AI can't replace, prioritizing human skills like belonging, judgment, and connection through systemic redesign.

Issaquah and Kent hosted the League of Innovative Schools and showcased powerful learning experiences
www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/06/d... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @digitalpromise.bsky.social

Literacy Design Collaborative: Setting the New Standard
for Disciplinary Lite ldc.org

When Reality Meets Possibility: Inside the Ecosystem Lab www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/07/w... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Town Hall: Experience Matters Explore Getting Smart podcasts featuring conversations with educators, innovators, and leaders reimagining learning for the future. New episodes weekly.

Experience Matters: how work-based learning experiences can be better designed, documented, and communicated across education and employment. www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/town... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Making Work-Based Learning Work: Georgia’s Novel Approach to WBL Data Georgia’s work-based learning uses O*NET skill evaluations at scale—building credible, portable evidence for digital credentials and hiring.

Georgia’s Novel Approach to Work-Based Learning Data with SchooLinks www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/02/m... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

[Essay] Schools Are Preparing Students for the Wrong Economy Three things schools should start preparing students for now, even without a clean map of the future of work.

new edu goal: prepare far more young people for non-routine work, applied and relational work, and ownership. humanistxyz.substack.com/p/essay-scho...
@amdulieudam.bsky.social

Educational fMRIs: Dynamic Pedagogy and Pedagogical Analysis in the Multimodal AI Era Explore how education fMRI can enhance understanding of student assessment beyond mere scores and classifications.

Educational fMRIs: Dynamic Pedagogy and Pedagogical Analysis in the Multimodal AI Era www.gettingsmart.com/2026/04/01/e... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

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.

Stephanie Malia Krauss on her #newbook How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/step... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

The experience gap: Why Gen Z’s career launch needs a reboot Gen Z faces an “experience gap” as AI and employer expectations rise. Co-ops, apprenticeships, and hands-on learning are now essential.

Unless you are attending a school with massive market cachet, a degree without work-integrated learning is becoming a high-risk asset. The future of the university degree, according to Ryan Craig must be “work-integrated” www.moneysense.ca/columns/mone...

AI Literacy is Not Tool Mastery: How to Build Sustained Educator Capacity AI literacy isn’t tool mastery—educators need sustained, human-centered professional learning to build confidence and capacity.

How to Build Sustained Educator Capacity: Examples of AI Literacy from St Vrain Valley www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/27/a... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

From Compliance to Coherence: A Global Survey of National AI in Education Strategies Global AI-in-education strategies show adoption outpacing governance—what the U.S. can learn from Estonia, Finland, China, and more.

A Global Survey of National AI in Education Strategies www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/26/f... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @davidpblross.bsky.social

Measuring What Matters: From Blunt Sorting to Human Thriving Powered by Multimodal AI Explore the potential of Advancing Multimodal AI to reshape educational metrics and enhance human potential measurement.

Measuring What Matters: From Blunt Sorting to Human Thriving Powered by Multimodal AI www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/25/m... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Probable and Possible: Why the Era of Probabilistic Computing Requires Real World Learning with an Entrepreneurial Mindset Probabilistic AI is reshaping work—schools need real-world learning and an entrepreneurial mindset to navigate uncertainty and create value.

Why the Era of Probabilistic Computing Requires Real World Learning with an Entrepreneurial Mindset www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/19/p... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

NEAAAT Students on their Portrait of a Graduate NEAT students share how a Portrait of a Graduate, pathways, and student voice build agency, confidence, and career exploration.

NEAAAT Students on their Portrait of a Graduate www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/neaa... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Innovating What We Measure: Assessment in the Service of Human Potential in an Era of AI and Uncertainty Understanding assessment for education is crucial for student success. Learn how effective methods can transform learning outcomes.

Innovating What We Measure: Assessment in the Service of Human Potential in an Era of AI and Uncertainty www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/18/i... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Democracy in Miniature: Youth Agency and Junior Republics | A Conversation with Jennifer Light Youth agency meets embodied learning: what Junior Republics and movement-based instruction can teach today’s schools.

Youth Agency and Junior Republics: A Conversation with Jennifer Light www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/16/d... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Book Review: How We Thrive Rehumaning in schools: redesign schedules, grading, and culture to support belonging, regulation, and sustainable adult capacity.

How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World, by Stephanie Malia Krauss www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/17/b... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

The Jobs Report Tells A Story About The Future Of Work. Are We Listening? The January jobs report revealed a labor market almost entirely dependent on one sector. Three emerging pathways could reshape how the next generation prepares.

The Jobs Report Tells A Story About The Future Of Work. Are We Listening? www.forbes.com/sites/alison... @asa-impact.bsky.social @forbes.com

The Need For Investment in Human Infrastructure: Transportation Shrinking enrollments, rising costs, and underfunded mandates challenge U.S. school transportation. Innovative solutions ensure equity and efficiency.

On the challenges of pupil transportation in public education www.gettingsmart.com/2026/02/26/t... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Pathological Explanations for Learning Differences: Untangling the Signal from the Noise to Measure Ability in the Age of AI Explore assessment design that reflects true learning potential, breaking away from outdated deficit models in education.

Pathological Explanations for Learning Differences: Untangling the Signal from the Noise to Measure Ability in the Age of AI www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/11/p... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

New report suggests a Common Language of Experience—a robust, interoperable framework for evaluating, designing, and articulating experience value across any context www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/e... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Can We Teach Civil Discourse in a Digital Age? | A Conversation with Vikki Katz Teaching civil discourse in a digital era helps students build shared evidence, practice dialogue, and navigate social media polarization.

Dr Vikki Katz on Teaching Civil Discourse in the Digital Age www.gettingsmart.com/2026/03/10/c... @gettingsmart.bsky.social