
Will Smith
Educator and parent working at the college level, and a guest on the Our Classroom podcast discussing how well K-12 prepares students for life after school.
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Sep 23, 2026
Episode 172 | Are We Preparing Students for Life After K-12?
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Roberto GermánHOST
So I'm wondering, you know, where are you, are you able to identify and pinpoint where some of those gaps might be coming from or where it is that you're seeing those gaps?

Will SmithGUEST
um there's definitely gaps all throughout the k-12 process right it's whether there's certain gaps within their basic arithmetic gaps within just general foundations of writing having a thesis statement actually presenting your thesis statement and providing evidence general punctuation.

Will SmithGUEST
Um, and what I realized was actually when I was teaching in the classroom, we actually had an intervention for students that were entering sixth grade, uh, specifically designed to kind of help close the gaps with fractions and decimals.

Will SmithGUEST
So me and the principal, we kinda, endeavor together and kind of created this intervention for the students to kind of close that gap in their learners.

Will SmithGUEST
So that way, by the time they were done with that program, they were actually able to, you know, multiply, add, subtract, divide fractions, learn how to convert fractions to decimals and kind of see the connection between because I could speak, I speak specifically coming from a math lens because the last seven years in the classroom, that's what I predominantly taught.

Will SmithGUEST
Um, but you could see the gaps when you're doing new, new, new steps, new, new, um, lessons, you know? Okay.
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