Featured Articles
Learning to Be Smart
Back in 2011, researchers at University College London offered dramatic, direct evidence that intelligence can change after early childhood. The study was characterized as providing “new hope...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
5 Ways Music Affects Learning
What song takes you back to a specific time or place? Did you ever get that feeling you were reliving a special moment when you heard a song from your past? Favorite songs can trigger our me...
Robyn D. Shulman
Crafting a Learning Matrix
A Learning Matrix is the most advanced design idea in the educational landscape. It’s an orchestration of time, space, teachers and resources that establishes learners as independents operati...
LeiLani Cauthen
Four Ways to Support Learning Coaches More Effectively
As we approach the three-year mark since schools in North America closed their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19, a lot of attention is being given (and rightfully so) to supporting the me...
John Willis
Crafting a Teaching Matrix
A Teaching Matrix for an educational institution is a collection of discrete digital resources (files), courseware, courses and systems newly organized into a logical and cooperative whole. I...
LeiLani Cauthen
Hey, Superintendent: It’s Time for Data as a Service
This is something school districts have talked about for years. They have dreamed about it. They have danced around it. They have spent billions to warehouse it. They have pulled their hair o...
Zach Vander Veen
Matters of Principal: Resolving Conflict (Part 1)
Conflict is an inevitable part of daily life, and it is certainly an inevitable part of school life. Despite having firmly embedded routines and daily practices, dedicated staff, supportive p...
Jamie Bricker and Jack Barclay
Responses to School Pressures
Age-old methods of meeting pressures in schools by leaders have typically included making program cuts because there are fewer students to serve and less dollars to go around. Adding specialize...
LeiLani Cauthen
Expanding Work-based Experiences with Virtual Internships
Providing high school and college students with work-based experiences has been proven to improve their career prospects. Several thought leaders in the industry have documented the positive ...
Mike King
And a Happy New Year
Now that the joyous holiday is over, whether for you that means Christmas or Hanukkah, we set our sites on the new year, and all that new year implies. Personally, I am a huge fan of both Ch...
Charles Sosnik
K-12 Institutions of Learning: at Risk
The urgency to evolve to a matrix model of teaching and learning cannot be overstated.
LeiLani Cauthen
Horizon Room: What is a K12 Process and Tech Model Architecture
By now, most of you are familiar with the Horizon Room Open Mic series. It is an opportunity for educators to be a part of a high-profile discussion on many of the important issues facing edu...
Doug Cauthen
The Future of the Metaverse in Education
The global metaverse market size was valued at $22.79 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow. Analysts predict the metaverse will dominate the EdTech sector by 2030. The Brookings Instit...
Chris Klein
Holiday Advice to get through the Holiday almost Stress-Free
Holidays can be stressful no matter your family. But what about families that don’t always get along? Whether it’s past tensions, differing opinions, or general annoyance of bringing the who...
Tamara Fyke
Cybersecurity Protection – Is your District Insurable?
In January 2022, 3,000 schools were caught up in a cybersecurity incident. And the number of attacks continues to increase. Because of the increase in cybersecurity attacks against schools,...
Robert Iskander
How To Best Support Introverted Students
Is your student an introvert? If you are a teacher, can you define these personality characteristics regarding your students? With the ever-growing focus on the social, emotional, and devel...
Robyn D. Shulman
Horizon Room: Master Schedule Flexibility to Attract and Retain Students
Welcome to the next episode of the Horizon Room’s Open Mic series, a place where the education community can be part of a high-profile discussion on the challenges that need solutions. Your ...
Doug Cauthen
2022 is History. What’s next?
2022 will go down in the annals of education history as a milk toast year. Or perhaps, a breather year. After the amazing heroics of 2020 and the outstanding recovery of 2021, 2022 was a year w...
Charles Sosnik
A Tale of Two Districts
What do a district with 1180 students and a district with 6800 students have in common? More than you might think. In this Educator Guest Speakers presentation at the Learning Counsel’s Denver ...
Doug Cauthen
Denver Area Administrators Panel Discussion
It’s safe to say that some of our nation’s best education minds can be found in the Denver, Colorado area. And at the Learning Counsel’s Denver Learning Leadership Symposium, they could be foun...
Doug Cauthen
Featured Papers
The Learning Counsel presents journals, papers and briefs on critical topics in Digital Education.
Most will require registration in order to access them, but they are all free.
Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Hybrid Logistics Security
