Featured Articles
Addressing the Learning Crisis Connected to the Current Mental Health Crisis
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series In part one of our series , we explored the relationship between mental health issues, cognitive skills in general, as well as the c...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Don’t Miss “Uberizing Learning” at ISTE
Ready to “uberize” learning? This is not the oh-so-two-years-ago “hybrid” learning you knew during the pandemic. This year at ISTE, the Leaning Counsel is teaming up with Cisco to help...
The LC Staff
3 Strategies to Increase Resiliency in English Learners
The number of English learners (ELs) is expanding nationally, currently averaging 10 percent of the student population (varying significantly by state, with CA at 19 percent and TX at 18 percent...
Yessica Esmeralda O’Connor
Is School Necessary?
I remember hearing this question spoken in an interview about five years ago, and it almost knocked me out of my chair. Having grown up in public school, attended a state institution of higher...
Charles Sosnik
5 Ways Play is a Critical Factor for the Future of Entrepreneurship
If you happened to be born before the rise of technology, you could probably remember your young years playing outside until the sun went down. Outdoor play was a critical part of growing up, an...
Robyn Shulman
Seamless Learning Platforms Combine LMS, Video, and Collaboration Tools for Maximum Benefit
The use of secure and advanced digital tools is critical for schools, colleges, government agencies and other learning institutions to create effective and engaging learning experiences. A multi...
Allen Drennan
How Extended Day Enrichment Can Enhance the Emotional Well-Being of Students
Students’ experiences both inside and outside of school can influence their learning and achievement. Since the onset of COVID-19, children nationwide have had to deal with the emotionally taxin...
Dawn Bridges, Ed.D.
How Do Technological Tools Enhance Children’s Creativity?
The digital revolution is an unstoppable force sweeping across every facet of society, including the education sector. As part of this movement, EdTech has made its way into classrooms, changing...
Jerry Kolber
Where Do We Go from Here?
Schools are a business. Demand and supply. To be run efficiently, schools must operate at or near capacity. So, what does it mean when nearly 40 percent of parents opt to take their school-aged ...
Charles Sosnik
Do Something with the Family This Summer
This is it! The last weeks of school. You’re counting down the days until you hear the final bell ring sounding your freedom. Summer is almost here. After about a week of lounging on the couch,...
Tamara Fyke
Community Schools: Lessons Learned/Lessons Shared
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment of this series. For previous installments, see one , two , three and four Community Schools are...
James Stoffer and Zach Vander Veen
Build a Strong, Fun, STEM Foundation
Achieving STEM success from an early age
Mark Hendrickson
Closing the Evaluation Gap
Schools today are challenged by a variety of issues—regional staffing shortages, increased volume of requests, seasonal spikes in student referrals—to name a few. No matter the issue, the result...
Claudia L'Amoreaux
What in the World is an Educator to Do?
These are unusual times, to say the least. The two biggest storylines in the school world are the teacher shortage and the student shortage. It seems like they can’t both be true. But they are...
Charles Sosnik
Summer Brain Drain
It’s that time of year to start looking forward to summer break. As much as parents and guardians might not be excited for the change in routine, teachers and students alike both need time to re...
Kristin D. Gigliotti, M.Ed
Take this Quiz before ISTE
Before you attend ISTE this year, or even if you are not going, take the 10-Point Hybrid Logistics Awareness Quiz. The Quiz will provide you your individual score. Find out how the rest of ...
Charles Sosnik
Experience Hybrid Logistics at ISTE
For more than four decades, the ISTE conference has been recognized as one of the world’s largest education events. It’s where educators and education leaders gather to engage in hands-on lear...
Doug Cauthen
Take Another Look at Financial Literacy for Our Youth
Financial Literacy is a subject that is currently little taught, but much needed in our schools. With the advent of digital transactions and the inability of school age children to see the relat...
Christy S. Martin, Ed. D
Hybrid Learning and Lesson Design: 5 Tips for Efficiency
One day students are there. The next, they’re not. This is the year of constant school emails, texts, and calls detailing absences, COVID and quarantine rates, and school building closures. Fo...
Zach Vander Veen
What Does the Metaverse Mean for Education?
The last two years have accelerated the evolution of our digital lives – to the point that life in the digital world and life in the physical world are one in the same. Educators and students me...
Lance Huang
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.