Featured Articles
The Big Learning Game: Is Your MTSS Playbook Ready?
MTSS stands for “Multi-Tiered System of Supports.” It’s a framework, process or model used by schools and districts to elevate student learning, giving targeted support to struggling learners...
Zach Vander Veen
Our Nation’s Policy & Advocacy for Behavioral and Mental Health
Presence works every day to ensure children have access to the services they need to be healthy and successful. We know kids deserve support, no matter where they live or what local workforce c...
Kelly Wolfe
How Learning a Second Language Can Change Your Career
My Journey Toward Dual Language My journey toward a second language began when I was in middle school. I have always loved language and was excited to start learning Spanish. Little did I ...
Robyn D. Shulman
Why SEL is practical to integrate into 21st-century classrooms
Whether you are aware of it or not, you are teaching social-emotional learning (SEL). Your students are watching and learning from everything you do and say. They are learning how to deal w...
Tamara Fyke
How Will the Use of AI in Education Impact the Roles of Teachers?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a more prominent component of several global industries, including education . But in some industries, it has reached a point where workers a...
Aaron Rafferty
How Instructional Coaches Can Support the Mental Health of Educators
Instructional coaching for any leader can be challenging especially when working with educators who have never been coached, whether they are novice or experienced. It may be hard for educato...
Dr. Felicia Bolden
Matters of Principal: Resolving Conflict - Part 2
As discussed in last month’s article, conflict is an inevitable part of school life. While astute leadership can certainly prevent many contentious issues from percolating, there always will...
Jamie Bricker and Jack Barclay
You can’t teach without eye contact
How do we keep virtual learning human-centric? Remote, virtual, distance learning… call it what you will, millions of us choose – or have to choose – to learn from someone physically separ...
Martin Demkowicz
Social Emotional Wellness of Students a Top Concern Amidst Coincidental Huge Increases in Digital Content Spend by K12s
In 2022, most schools got past the pandemic disorientation and spent more stimulus funds on tech.
Doug Cauthen
What America Needs to Tackle the Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Guide to In-School Mental Health Services
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a four-part series on the student mental health crisis and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for in-school mental health resources. Our child...
Duncan Young and Jerry Barone
Executive Coaching for Superintendents: Building Stronger, More Confident Leaders
Professional development for superintendents should be innovative and inspiring but too often it’s limited to a workshop in a stuffy conference room with outdated ideas and even older coffee ...
PJ Caposey, Ed.D.
Predictions for Gifted Education in 2023
New York City’s decision to put on hold the city’s gifted programming has sparked discussions nationwide around the impact and equity of gifted programs. Similarly, recent reports on the COVI...
Victoria Driver and Anna Houseman
New Thinking for Becoming Matrix Digital
There are several divergent points of thinking when it comes to considering adoption of a Matrix Digital Model of teaching and learning. Becoming organized and more efficient digitally involv...
LeiLani Cauthen
No Longer a Luxury, Coding is Now Core
One of the most valuable skillsets we can teach our students is the ability to code. Not only does it enhance their writing and math skills, but it also gives them a valuable mindset for future...
Chris McMurray
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
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.
Addressing Crises in School Absenteeism, Staffing and Privacy: Using a human touch tech solution
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
