Podcast appearances and mentions of julia freeland fisher

On this episode, Diane and Michael welcome guest Julia Freeland Fisher, a distinguished researcher from the Clayton Christensen Institute, whose work delves into the intersection of AI and education. The conversation explores the potential and challenges AI presents in the educational landscape. Julia shares her insights on the importance of using AI to enhance personalizedContinue reading "Needed: Real Experiences, Real People"

In our race to cover state content standards and prepare students for high-stakes tests, many educators are overlooking a powerful strategy for transforming students' futures and making serious strides toward equity. Policy analyst and author Julia Freeland Fisher preaches the game-changing impact of expanding students' social networks.Julia Freeland Fisher is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Her team educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation, aiming to transform monolithic, factory-model education systems into student-centered designs that enable each student to realize his or her fullest potential. Julia is also the author of Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks, along with a great collection of blog posts and this AMAZING PLAYBOOK for implementing the ideas we discuss in the episode. We cover a lot of territory including:2:54 How Bear McCreary became one of the top composers of our time5:20 Young Julia's 1st-hand experience with “opportunity gaps”6:53 Two types of social capital: getting by vs. getting ahead9:01 WHAT you know vs. WHO you know10:25 Breaking out of the school's embryonic community11:28 The inequity of inherited social networks13:13 How “enrichment spending” exacerbates inequity14:18 Research on the link between social capital and economic mobility15:25 How schools can tap into community capital18:23 Existing models for schools to engage networks21:32 Overcoming “Byzantine” school schedules24:54 How schools can track and systemize social capital26:15 What gets measured gets done27:38 A challenge to affluent people who care about equity29:30 Whose job is this?30:44 A simple first step for school leaders31:52 The “low-hanging fruit”- Internship programs33:20 Models/programs for school-wide implementation34:51 Connecting with our WHY and overcoming teacher burnout Here are some programs and tools Julia discusses in the interview:Big Picture Learning NetworkImBlazeEducuriousCommunityShareThe Forest SchoolSocial Capital BuildersConnected FuturesCareer Launch

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our New Pathways campaign. In partnership with ASA, the Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Walton Foundation, the New Pathways campaign will question education's status quo and propose new methods of giving students a chance to experience success in what's next.  On the recent Getting Smart Town Hall, the team was joined by Julia Freeland Fisher (Clayton Christensen Institute), Edward DeJesus (Social Capital Builders, Inc.) and Tyler Thigpen (The Forest School) for a discussion of innovative approaches to mapping and analyzing students' existing networks as a way to build more asset-based pathways. 

Sabari Raja is the co-founder of fast-growing EdTech company, Nepris Inc. Nepris is a cloud-based platform connecting industry and education to inspire students through real-world connections and career exposure. She has worked in education technology for 18 years, leading product and content strategy, business development, publisher relations, and emerging market growth strategies. Book Recommendation; Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks, by Julia Freeland Fisher.

In this conversation, hosted by Michael Horn, Julia builds on her foundational statement, “Opportunity really sits at the intersection of what you know and who you know.” Together, they discuss the important distinctions between our strong tie and weak tie networks; innovation in education; the ed tech market and which tools are best suited for network building, and in which circumstances; the Cadillac versus the KIA of mentoring organizations and strategies; performance metrics; the rise of chat bots, and more! Julia also shines a light on the new playbook created by The Clayton Christensen Institute, designed to support K-12 and post-secondary leadership in the implementation and adaptation of strategies, tools, and metrics that build and strengthen their students' networks. The disruption story here lies in the potential not of putting all relationships online but rather exploiting technology's competitive advantage to diversify our weak tie networks, which are most helpful for creating opportunities that may otherwise be out of reach. Listen to learn more about steps we can take to help ensure that every student graduates with the networks needed to thrive! 

Julia Freeland Fisher, Author & Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, joined the podcast to talk about the future of the well-networked university and the best ways for advancement teams to engage with their alumni.

You've been told you should network more, but you don't like networking. You find it overwhelming, exhausting, and it fills you with worry about whether or not you are doing it “right.” According to LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, “People who are referred for a job are a whopping nine times more likely to get it.”  But people don't network as much as they could because they don't like it. In this episode, I'm going to share some useful, relevant, and less daunting strategies to help you get out of your way and start networking more intentionally so you can invite people into your network who you want there. Plus, I'll share some tips on how you can network virtually and create a strategy that works for you to build your network more intentionally and authentically.   According to Alan Collins, “Pulling a good network together takes effort, sincerity, and time.” That's great advice and I couldn't agree more.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Unpacking Everything, You've Heard About Networking (3:48)·      Focusing on Your Knowledge Economy and Sufficiency (10:53)·      My Speed Networking Experience (16:03)·      Strategies to Help You Build Your Network Moving Forward (18:37)  List of Resources:·      How to Get a Job Often Comes Down to One Elite Personal Asset, and Many People Still Don't Realize It – by Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute·      CEO Jeff Weiner Reveals the No. 1 Challenge Ahead for LinkedIn·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you'd like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my email newsletter here.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don't forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let's stay connected by following me on social. LinkedIn @johnneral, Instagram @johnneralcoaching, Facebook @johnneralcoaching, Twitter @john_neral.·      Visit https://johnneral.com for more information.    

Today Tom is speaking with Stephanie Krauss; an educator, social worker, researcher, and writer. Her work focuses on what young people need in the first quarter of life for them to thrive and be ready for adulthood. She is a senior advisor to JFF and a staff consultant for the Youth Transition Funders Group. In this episode, Tom and Stephanie discuss the ways her childhood ultimately led her to follow up her teaching career with an education in social work. Her new book, Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World, focuses on the rarely discussed but extremely important currencies required for kids today. During the discussion, Stephanie highlights the social and financial realities of kids, the inequities and injustices that exist in the education system, and how adults can equip young people with the competencies they need to survive.   Key Takeaways: [:11] About today’s episode with Stephanie Krauss. [:43] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Stephanie to the podcast! [1:22] Stephanie chose to pursue social work to better understand the social and financial realities of kids. [3:27] The “Readiness is a Right” philosophy. [7:59] Stephanie’s book, Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World, unpacks the complexity and explains the injustice of what is required for readiness. [12:36] Stephanie describes the new currencies she focuses on in her book, Making It. [20:11] Injustices and inequities in social capital and the role it plays in a child’s life. [25:07] How young people can be discerning about choosing credentials and cash. [27:32] Stephanie tackles the lack of access to capital/cash for students living in poverty. [31:44] Specific ways educators and community leaders can be currency builders.   Mentioned in This Episode: Stephanie Malia Krauss Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World, by Stephanie Krauss Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks, by Julia Freeland Fisher, with Daniel Fisher, foreword by Clayton M. Christensen   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, joins Corey in a conversation about the value of networks. This episode focuses on Feeland Fisher's studies of how building networks benefits students by creating broader exposure and opportunities for their futures. The conversation helps identify the different types of relationships and how they can best serve students.

Today on the podcast, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Deanna Mulligan on the topics of talent, leadership, and the opportunity gap. Deanna grew up in a small town in Nebraska, earned an MBA from Stanford, and became the Principal Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. After working there for eight years, Deanna launched a career in insurance where, after a two-year sabbatical, she became the CEO of Guardian Life Insurance, one of the ten largest life insurance companies in America. Additionally, Deanna served on the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans from 2014–2015 and was Chair of the Board of the ACLI from 2015–2016. In 2018, Fortune named her one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and in 2019, Crain’s New York Business recognized her as one of “The 50 Most Powerful Women in New York” — the fifth time since 2011! In her new book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, Deanna shares how companies and education institutions can work together to close the skills and opportunity gap. Listen in as Tom talks with Deanna about her career journey and her new book, Hire Purpose.   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Deanna Mulligan. [:55] Tom welcomes Deanna Mulligan to the podcast. [1:00] About Deanna’s life and early education in a small town in Nebraska. [1:18] How Deanna came to work at McKinsey & Company after graduating from Stanford. [2:29] The lessons Deanna learned and the experience she gained during her eight years at McKinsey. [3:22] What drew Deanna to insurance. [4:04] About the two years Deanna took off prior to launching a career in insurance. [7:33] How Deanna came to work for Guardian. [8:11] Did Deanna’s two-year sabbatical shape her views on family leave? [9:44] Deanna shares her reflections as the CEO of Guardian for nearly 10 years; how she thought about her role, as well as the biggest takeaways and lessons from her time as CEO. [12:03] What Deanna learned about talent development as CEO of Guardian. [13:26] Where Deanna’s idea for her book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, came from. She also shares how she connected with Greg Shaw, her co-author. [17:40] Tom shares his experience with Greg Shaw and Deanna touches on what the overall process of writing Hire Purpose was like. [18:22] How companies and post-secondary can work together to close the opportunity gap, and examples of organizations that are already doing this. [21:54] While writing Hire Purpose, did Deanna and Greg have the chance to touch on the pandemic before it was released? [23:12] Now that we’re deep in the midst of the pandemic, are there any additional footnotes Deanna would include in Hire Purpose if she were to release it now? [23:56] While writing, did Deanna have any changes in opinion on certain topics or areas? [25:55] Both Deanna and Guardian are very purposeful and values-based. Would Deanna say that establishing partnerships with shared values is the way to overcome and power through any challenges? [26:35] Deanna gives recommendations and advice for young adults and professionals thinking about a career or starting a career during the pandemic. [28:19] Tom thanks Deanna for joining the Getting Smart Podcast and congratulates her on her success with Guardian and her new book.   Mentioned in This Episode: Deanna Mulligan Guardian Life Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, by Deanna Mulligan and Greg Shaw Clayton Christensen Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone, by Satya Nadella and Greg Shaw PTech.org Infosys The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education, by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 280: “Julia Freeland Fisher and Mahnaz Charania on Social Relationships and Networks”   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

In today’s episode, Tom is joined by Julia Freeland Fisher and Dr. Mahnaz Charania. Julia is the Director of Education Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute and the author of the important 2018 book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks. Dr. Mahnaz Charania is a Senior Research Fellow, also at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Recently, Julia Freeland Fisher and Dr. Mahnaz Charania co-authored an incredibly important new paper together called, “The Missing Metrics: Emerging Practices for Measuring Students’ Relationships and Networks.” The paper outlines how measuring for diversity and social capital can open new doors and perspectives for students at various junctures in their education journey. Through this, education systems can start to build an evidence base for closing the social side of opportunity gaps and ensure that all students are supported equitably in their path to economic prosperity. Join in for the conversation as Tom, Julia, and Dr. Mahnaz discuss the four-dimensional framework for measuring students’ social capital they’ve proposed in their paper, “The Missing Metrics,” and why social capital needs to be taken into account when addressing equity, access, and more.   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode. [:55] Tom welcomes Julia Freeland Fisher and Dr. Mahnaz Charania to the podcast. [1:28] Dr. Mahnaz Charania shares why she decided to study experimental social psychology. [2:02] What sparked Dr. Mahnaz Charania’s interest in education? [2:43] Did Dr. Mahnaz Charania work with Helene Gayle at the CDC? [3:13] Julia Freeland Fisher recaps her career journey from her early work around blended learning to social capital. [5:48] Dr. Mahnas Charania shares what interests her about the work she is currently doing around social capital. [6:32] Julia shares what she would add to the 2020 epilogue of her 2018 book, Who You Know, with regards to the pandemic. [11: 33] The backstory behind the comprehensive measurement framework that is outlined in Julia Freeland Fishers and Dr. Mahnaz Charania’s paper, “The Missing Metrics: Emerging Practices for Measuring Students’ Relationships and Networks.” [12:50] How Dr. Mahnaz Charania is addressing social capital through a continuous improvement approach. [14:33] The four-dimensional framework for measuring students’ social capital: quantity of relationships, quality of relationships, the structure of networks, and the ability to mobilize relationships. [14:39] How to measure the quantity of relationships and why it matters. [18:44] How to measure the quality of relationships, why it is a key aspect in the four-dimensional framework, and some examples. [22:30] About the structure of networks, why it is important, and how to measure it. [24:39] About Getting Smart’s sponsor this week, Micro-Collegiate Academy by TEL Education. [25:51] About the last of the four categories, the ability to mobilize relationships, and how to measure it. [27:00] The benefits of using extended transcripts or portfolios in helping young people tell the story of who they’re becoming, what they’ve accomplished, what they’ve overcome, and who they’ve connected with. [30:33] Examples of fantastic online digital extended transcripts or portfolios and what great extended transcripts and portfolios should include. [33:04] Why continuous improvement/self-growth is a key component in measuring these metrics. [35:00] How educators and institutions can help students build their networks (especially during the pandemic). [36:59] Dr. Mahnas Charania’s advice for principals and counselors on where to start. [38:25] Julia’s advice for principals and counselors on where to start. [40:07] Are these emerging metrics just as important as your reading or math score? [41:01] Tom thanks both guests for joining this week’s episode.   Mentioned in This Episode: Clayton Christensen Institute Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, by Julia Freeland Fisher “The Missing Metrics: Emerging Practices for Measuring Students’ Relationships and Networks,” by Dr. Mahnaz Charania and Julia Freeland Fisher Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CARE International Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide, by Torie Weiston-Serdan The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education, by Tom Vander Ark, Emily Liebtag, and Nate McClennen LinkedIn Trovvit Big Picture Learning ASU Local xSEL Labs Micro-Collegiate Academy | TEL Education Greenlight Credentials Climb Hire CareerVillage Nepris Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 165: “Why Youth Need Social Capital and How Schools Can Help” (A 2018 interview with Julia Freeland Fisher)   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. 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This week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Julia shares how her liberal arts and law school background has informed her career path and views on education reform, and how her work with the late Professor Christensen and Michael Horn on disruptive innovation and education technology... Source

Julia Freeland Fisher of the Christensen Institute joins the show to talk about her recent book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks. We discuss research on how "weak tie" relationships with adults support youth in the pursuit of their goals, how educational institutions can reform their structures to provide more networking connections and enhanced learning for students, and the role that technology can play in sharing social capital and building bridges to opportunity.

For years the education system has worked to address disparity in outcomes for different student groups. We’ve known this disparity as the achievement gap, and more recently and accurately as the opportunity gap. But so far, significant national, state, and local efforts have done little to actually close the gap and increase equity for students across the board. In this episode, Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Christensen Institute and author of the essential Who You Know, sheds light on the underlying reason that these efforts have fallen short. When it comes to student opportunity, the research shows what most of us have seen throughout our lives: "It's not what you know, it's who you know." Or, more accurately, it's both. Julia shares research-rich insights on the pivotal potential of student social networks and how schools can unlock innovations that can close the gap for good. Connect with Julia and the Christensen Institute:Website: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/Twitter: @juliaffreeland and @ChristensenInstChapter Guide:0.00 - Intro to the episode1:42 - Julia's origin story: "We don't accomplish anything alone."5:30 - Who You Know: Opportunity sits at the cross-section of what students know and who they know8:31 - Powerful networks are built on high-quality relationships12:36 - Julia's "why" behind the book15:09 - What research tells us about the role of student relationships in the opportunity gap equation20:50 - Why are we handcuffed to meritocracy?24:38 - Inherited networks and the transformative power of weak ties31:28 - Static exposure vs. relationship-based exposure33:37 - 3 innovative strategies to get started in schools40:44 - The central role of trust in a school's approach to relationship44:52 - A future shift and the walled-garden50:19 - Who are you giving an A to Julia?51:48 - Get connected with Julia and the Christensen InstituteIf you liked what you heard, rate and review Off the Assembly LineYou can find more show details and resources at offtheassemblyline.co and connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn or at rebeccaareed.com.Learn more about the Teacher Mastermind at http://teachermastermind.comFollow Off the Assembly Linetwitter @offassemblylineinstagram @offtheassemblyline_podcastfacebook @offtheassemblylinepodcast.Special thanks to Scott Holmes for our intro music. You can check out more from him at https://scottholmesmusic.com/. Thanks for listening to Off the Assembly Line. Share it with someone who needs to hear it and then go make a ruckus!Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7A6ET6FCSJ86N&source=url)

Julia is the Director of Education Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Her work aims to educate policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K-12 and higher education spheres. Learn more about the importance of networks and connecting children with each other, and be sure to check out her new book, "Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks" https://amzn.to/2RIqwOk.

In this episode, we are talking with Julia Freeland Fisher, author of Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks. Julia is director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. She leads a team devoted to informing policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation to transform schools. Here is what…Read more

Julia Freeland Fisher Author, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen Institute HOW TO FIND HER WORK: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/ Twitter @juliaffreeland WHAT’S IN THIS EPISODE? Disruptive innovation What is it? Why should folks in education care? You wrote a blog post at the beginning of the year titled: A Look Back At What We Learned in 2018. People can read the article, but I’d like to combine a couple of those questions into one: What does the future of K12 and Higher Education look like? Her book How can social capital unlock student potential, what can we do to get it for students, and whose responsibility is it? Innovation & ESSA( Every Student Succeeds Act) What can & can’t be done in schools? See the report HERE Final Question What conversations do we need to have in our own neck of the woods to move the needle in the right direction in education? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aftered/support

Julia Freeland Fisher is director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. She leads a team devoted to informing policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation to transform schools. In her new book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, authors Julia Freeland Fisher explores a fresh perspective, giving educators and school administrators a model for breaking the pattern of inequality in the classroom. While discussions about inequality in education often focus on achievement gaps, opportunity is about more than just test scores. Opportunity sits at the cross-section of what students know and whom they know.   Julia Freeland Fisher Show Highlights: Addressing the opportunity gap in education Are we naive to the networking opportunities available to our students? What is social capital and understanding the value of your networks Strong ties vs weak ties Avoiding an echo chamber What schools can do when students lack sufficient care and support networks Real-world opportunities and bolstering networks via emerging tech Thinking critically about technology Schools can do something about improving their students’ networks Social capital within a network correlates to student achievement Are students individuals or networks?   Julia Freeland Fisher Resources: How to Live Forever Julia Freeland Fisher Contact Info Who You Know website Christensen Institute Twitter Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/   Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

Today, and for the next three weeks, the Getting Smart team is going to explore a new initiative from Education Reimagined.   Education Reimagined recently released a paper entitled, “School’s Out,” which set out to explore how we could alter our perspective on the meaning, feel, and delivery of learning. Tom had the opportunity to sit down with the education leaders who authored “School’s Out,” and over the next three episodes, he will be digging deeper into what the future of learning may look like for students.   In this particular episode, Tom interviews Amy Anderson, Executive Director of ReSchool Colorado; and Scott Van Beck, former Executive Director for the educational non-profit, Houston A+ Challenge. Tom and Amy talk about family participation in learner advocate networks, flexibility within the learner’s day, and what a reimagined model for education may look like for rural students; Tom and Scott Van Beck discuss the expanded role the community could play in offering learning opportunities for students, how teachers and community members could shift into the role of learning designers, and how parents could use their expertise to design learning experiences.   Key Takeaways: [:15] Caroline and Jessica introduce today’s topics and guests. [1:01] Tom welcomes Amy Anderson to the podcast, and she talks about her early education. [2:05] Amy’s past roles in education, and about her current role with ReSchool Colorado. [3:01] How the idea that ‘learning occurs everywhere’ became a core part of ReSchool Colorado. [4:39] Amy’s ideas on what is central to education and how she’d rethink schools. [5:43] How and why guidance is so crucial in education. [7:38] What a learning week might look like in Amy’s reimagined school. [9:55] What might this reimagined education look like in a rural environment? [11:05] Amy’s ideas on how schools can better equip students to show/demonstrate their expanded skills (i.e. an alternative to report cards.) [13:40] How Amy invites educators to be a part of the conversation of reimagining school. [16:41] An introduction to this week’s next guest: Scott Van Beck. [17:24] Tom welcomes Scott to the podcast. [17:33] How and why Scott originally became a teacher. [19:14] Scott summarizes his insights in his “School’s Out” paper. [21:30] What Scott sees as the new backbone to learning. [23:22] How learning coaches would work and develop. [28:13] Scott’s take on how we should think about career preparation now. [34:29] The importance of getting to know kids, connect them to community opportunities, and how those outcomes can become more important than the traditional skills schools currently teach.   Mentioned in This Episode: Education Reimagined ReSchool Colorado Houston A+ Challenge “School’s Out: What if Schools, As We Know Them, Didn’t Exist?” “School’s Out: What if School Didn’t Exist?” “School’s Out: Exploring a Family-Anchored Strategy to Transform Education” (Amy’s paper) “School’s Out: How This Learner-Centered Society Would Liberate Parents” (Scott’s paper) Teton Science Schools Donnell-Kay Foundation HopSkipDrive GripTape CottageClass iNACOL Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, by Julia Freeland Fisher   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include ‘Podcast’ in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!    

    Julia Freeland Fisher is the author of Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks (Wiley, 2018). The book focuses on emerging tools and practices that leverage technology to radically expand who students know – their stock of “social capital” – by enhancing their access to and ability to navigate new peer, mentor, and professional networks. Julia is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. She leads a team that educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K-12 and higher education spheres through its research. Join us as we have an awesome conversation concerning the importance of teaching kids about the power of connecting with others - networking. One of the awesome takeaways is that the teaching of networking needs to go beyond the skills and actually focus on helping the students find and become part of networks that they may have very little or no access to without help.  Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks is an excellent read that will make you want to start counting the ways that you can integrate networking into your daily plans. This was an awesome talk that opened my eyes to a very real need. Thanks for listening and sharing!  Find Out More: email Julia: jfreeland@christenseninstitute.org https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/author/juliaf/ https://www.christenseninstitute.org/ https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Who+You+Know%3A+Unlocking+Innovations+That+Expand+Students%27+Networks-p-9781119452935 https://www.amazon.com/Who-You-Know-Unlocking-Innovations/dp/1119452929 https://www.eschoolnews.com/ercs/unlocking-innovations-that-expand-students-networks/ https://www.educationnext.org/not-just-what-but-who-you-know-matters-freeland-fisher-excerpt/ https://www.aei.org/multimedia/expanding-students-networks-viewpoint/ https://www.sxswedu.com/speaker/julia-freeland-fisher/ https://twitter.com/juliaffreeland https://twitter.com/ChristensenInst Length - 46:03

This episode, Tom interviews Julia Freeland Fisher, the Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute. For a decade, since Clay Christensen and Michael Horn published Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, the team at the Clayton Christensen Institute has been known as a leader in blended and personalized learning — as well as the idea of disruptive innovation.   In Julia’s new book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, she explores the importance of social capital. She emphasizes the idea that who you know matters greatly in terms of a child’s success in the future.   In this podcast, Julia shares information about her new book and describes innovative approaches to helping young people develop social networks. She also speaks about the process of writing the book as well as her journey that got her to this point.   “Children's networks — their reservoir of social capital and ability to bank on that capital for support, advice, or opportunities down the line — remains largely determined by random luck: the luck of where children are born, whom their parents know, and whom they happen to end up sitting next to in class.” — Julia Freeland Fisher (Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks)   Key Takeaways: [:19] About today’s topic and guest. [1:19] Tom welcomes Julia to the podcast. [1:40] About Julia’s early education. [3:49] Where Julia’s interest in Latin studies came from. [5:07] Why Julia went to law school. [6:12] Where Julia’s interest in education came from. [7:55] What led Julia to the Clayton Christensen Institute. [9:07] Julia gives a brief explanation on what disruptive innovation is. [10:32] How did the leading voice for personalized and blended learning decide to study social capital? [13:03] What Tom was surprised to learn from Julia’s book, Who You Know. [14:54] Tom reads a quote from Who You Know that sums up the equity issue and Julia explains it more thoroughly. [16:02] Innovations Julia has seen that have helped to expand students’ networks. [18:02] Julia’s thoughts on virtual mentoring networks. [20:10] About the iNACOL Book Party with Lydia, Tom, and Julia. [20:35] Does Julia think virtual reality is going to play a role in introducing young people to career opportunities? [21:56] Julia explains online connecting offline. [23:10] Julia explains integrated student services. [25:19] How do we make social capital more important? How do we create time in busy, secondary schedules for things like mentorships and work-based learning? [27:26] Julia describes key differences between a traditional high school and one that is aiming toward building social capital. [33:54] About Julia’s experience co-authoring with her husband. [35:19] How, when and where did Julia write? [36:15] What is Julia’s next book on? [37:29] What has been humbling for Julia while she has been giving talks on the book?   Mentioned in This Episode: Julia Freeland Fisher’s LinkedIn Clayton Christensen Institute Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, by Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, and Michael B. Horn Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, by Julia Freeland Fisher and Daniel Fisher Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks For Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning, by Tom Vander Ark and Lydia Dobyns NewSchools Venture Fund Community Share ImBlaze LRNG.org Del Lago Academy One Stone   Want to Attend the iNACOL Book Party? Send a message to editor@gettingsmart.com and let them know you want on the guest list!   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include ‘Podcast’ in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

How good are schools at learning? Can they get better? As a culture, we worry a lot about student learning. But students don’t learn in a vacuum: Most are part of organizations (namely schools) that involve adults who also are engaged in learning, both individually and collectively. So what could help them learn? Here’s the one of the biggest quiet buzzwords in education: Networks. They can happen in any community—among educators, among schools or districts themselves and, of course, among students. And so emphasizing learning networks nudges educators to think about learning in different ways. Three recent books explore the power of learning networks. This past spring, EdSurge caught up with the authors at the Personalized Learning Summit sponsored by Education Elements. Ed Elements CEO Anthony Kim, who works with hundreds of educations throughout the US, wrote “The New School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools” with Alexis Gonzales-Black. As Kim worked with school leaders, he realized that what typically drives success or failure of efforts to improve school is not the educational approach but instead “the culture of our schools, organizational structures, and methods of communication and decision making.” He consequently identified what he sees as six “domains of school organization” and explores how schools can learn from one another in these areas. Lydia Dobyns, CEO of New Tech Network along with co-author and long-time education pundit, Tom Vander Ark, believe deeply that school systems need to learn collectively. In “Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning,” they write: “Networks offer the best path to avoid every school attempting to reinvent the wheel.” Dobyns’ experience, both as an executive in the private sector and now as head of the New Tech Network, which involves about 200 schools across the US, takes readers through a tour of how schools can work together in both formal and informal networks to better support student learning. Julia Freeland Fisher, who directs education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, similarly believes in the power of learning from peers but her focus is on students themselves. In “Who You Know: Unlocking Innovation that Expand Students’ Networks,” she writes about how students build their own networks of relationships. “Whom you know turns out to matter across all sorts of industries and institutions,” she writes. But by design, schools have wound up “limit[ing] their students’ access to people beyond their embroyic community.” This isn’t just about giving students access to social networks. Instead its about how educators can purposefully help students create relationships inside of schools that will widen their opportunities when they go beyond the school walls.

On this episode, I Zoom in Julia Freeland Fisher and we chat about her article, The Opportunity Gap. During the conversation, we talk about mentoring, technology, and how access and exposure affect lower-income students from reaching their truest potential. Find Julia's articles here: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/author/juliaf/ You can connect with Julia at Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliaffreeland

In this episode, Tom speaks with Andy Calkins, director of Next Generation Learning Challenges — more commonly known as NGLC. They recently released a new outcome framework called MyWays, which Tom describes as the best and most robust definition of what high school students should know and be able to do. It builds on their early design principles, what they've learned from their grantees and the best work in the sector. NGLC recently released a comprehensive set of resources that will help more communities discuss and adopt their own graduate profiles.    NGLC was created seven years ago and has since transformed secondary school environments. NGLC is one of the best and freshest expressions of student learning outcomes with their new MyWays framework — comprised of 20 competencies in four categories — that's set out to improve communication, collaboration, and critical thinking amongst students. Tom and Andy discuss MyWays' framework, their goals, and how school and system leaders can work to better education through MyWays.    Key Takeaways:  [1:06] Tom welcomes Andy Calkins to the podcast and Andy gives the backstory on NGLC.  [3:00] Andy Calkins' post-secondary challenge and higher education grantees.  [3:50] Starting as a national grant program and developing into a set of regional funds.  [5:37] The cities where the regional funds are active.  [6:02] The transformation of secondary environments emerging from the regional funds work.  [7:05] The initial goals of the program.  [8:44] Outcome framework of MyWays; what the project is designed to do.  [10:35] Becoming a network of networks.  [13:03] The MyWays framework — 20 competencies in four categories, and the difference between it and what schools have been focusing on; core curricular areas.  [15:04] The competencies in ‘creative know-how'; one of MyWays' main categories.  [16:46] ‘Habits of Success' category.  [18:36] Project-based learning and extended challenges and team-based work curricula.  [21:05] 21st-century skills and learning.  [23:13] The progression of assessment from regurgitation of content knowledge and proficiency over growth.  [24:48] MyWays' fourth category: ‘Wayfinding'.  [29:51] What school and system leaders should do next, and defining the ‘why' and ‘what.'  [35:36] Where you can find out more about Andy and MyWays.    Mentioned in This Episode:  NextGenLearning.org  MyWays  GatesFoundation.org  Hewlett.org  College for America  The Colorado Education Initiative  Leap Innovations   New Schools for New Orleans  Rogers Family Foundation  Education Week  David T. Conley  Julia Freeland Fisher    Suggested Listening:  If you enjoyed this conversation, check out:  “S2: E49 It's Time to Update Your Graduate Profile — Here's How”  You can also visit: ProfileofaGraduate.org    Get Involved:  Check out the blog on GettingSmart.com.  Find the GettingSmart podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe. 

Take an off-the-record journey with our most recent guest, Julia Freeland Fisher, to hear about what she would tell her five-year-old self, the backstory on why grapefruits play a role in her first and worst jobs and hear about the most interesting person she’s ever met. All that and more After the Show. Are there other fun questions you’d like us to ask our guests? Email mindsworthmeeting@sternstrategy.com.

In this episode, Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, talks to Minds Worth Meeting about the power of disruptive innovation in K-12 and higher education. Julia helps us understand why expanding students’ networks – their stock of “social capital” – will be a game changer for the future of education. Julia Freeland Fisher is available for paid speaking engagements including keynote addresses, speeches, panels, conference talks, and advisory/consulting services through the exclusive representation of Stern Speakers, a division of Stern Strategy Group®.

Our guest for this episode is Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Julia and I discuss some of her recent work focusing on helping close the gap between what educational technology firms provide and what tech-forward school systems need, as well as her work around digital learning’s capacity to help students build social capital through the development of personal networks. Lastly, we discuss some of the overlap, or lack thereof, in the philosophies behind blended and competency-based learning.