Episode 28 - Tom Vander Ark
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AfterEd
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Tom Vander Ark
-CEO, Getting Smart
-First Executive Director of Education for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
-Former Superintendent
Where to connect with Tom:
-Getting Smart
-On Twitter @tvanderark
In this episode:
-Profile of a Virginia Graduate, Henrico Learner Profile, and how to use it
-Tom’s recent article titled “What Game Are You Playing: Improvement or Innovation?
-Relationship between innovation and equity
-Future of work and its implications
-The value of an entrepreneurial mindset
-”Advanced” degrees and higher education
-The “Guidance Gap”
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