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Three teenagers talk about how schools should think about and manage students’ cellphone use.

Members of the nation’s largest teachers’ union say they want bans on cellphones during class time.

The FCC released a fact sheet about how the E-rate helps schools in response to a court ruling that threatens the program’s funding.

Here’s a decisionmaking tool for educators to map out the different potential outcomes when putting cellphone policies in play.

Benjamin Riley, founder and CEO of Cognitive Resonance, explains his concerns about using AI in education.

At Getting Smart, we are passionate about driving innovation in education. This year, we’ve submitted three exciting session proposals for SXSW 2025, and we need your support to bring these important conversations to the forefront. By voting for our ...[Read More]

I recently visited the National Museum of African-American History and Culture In Washington, D.C. As I walked through the Afrofuturism exhibit, it was inspiring to see how out-of-this-world thinking has allowed Black visionaries to create new future...[Read More]

By: Shannon Murtagh  In 2021, deep in the midst of COVID, we surveyed Chief Innovation Officers (CIOs) working in public school districts across the country about the skills, core work, and mindsets that were most important to innovate for equity. Th...[Read More]

By: Dr. Tyler Thigpen A buddy of mine, Paul, works for a major airline headquartered in Atlanta. The airline deploys him to examine new technologies. He assesses whether integrating them will improve plane flights and, if so, what the ripple effects ...[Read More]

After a two-year investigation including hundreds of interviews, Kim Smith and Jen Holleran published a landscape of innovation in US K-12 education. What they found was a lot of confusion because there is not a single unified landscape. There are mu...[Read More]

At Getting Smart, we partner with organizations that help collectively reach our mission of actively building the future of learning by designing, accelerating and amplifying equitable innovations that empower all people to thrive and lead in a compl...[Read More]

By: History Co:Lab “What would a map of every opportunity in Pittsburgh where young people feel powerful and seen look like?” On June 25th, at the Civic Learning Ecosystem’s Youth Design Day, youth leaders, educators, civic organizers, and community ...[Read More]