Featured Articles
The Real Key to Teacher Wellbeing and Ultimately, Retention
This past week I led a professional development session for some new teachers at a school with which I have been working for several years. The Executive Principal and Assistant Principal also ...
Tamara Fyke
Light Sabers, Storm Troopers, and a Simulation of Hybrid Logistics to Combat Learning Loss and the Teacher Shortage at ISTE 2022
Over 200 school representatives played a specially hosted simulation of “uberized” learning at ISTE 2022 in New Orleans June 26-29 th . Presented by Learning Counsel in partnership with Cis...
Chris McMurray
Does Your Learner Struggle with Reading Comprehension Issues?
We often hear from parents that their child struggles with reading comprehension. Their child can “read” a text, but then can’t remember what they read or answer questions or do anything with th...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Each Year a New Beginning
It is almost time for school to start again. It is like a renewal every year. As a retired educator, I remember well the way there was always a freshness with each school year beginning. A time ...
Christy S. Martin, Ed. D
The Ever-Changing, Ever-Evolving, Ever-Growing Definition of Today’s Teacher
Are you a teacher? If so, are you also a classroom work foreman, logistics manager, guide, drill sergeant, discipliner, cheerleader, data entry clerk, cultural advocate, or analyst? Maybe you ar...
LeiLani Cauthen
3 Keys to Building Individual Learning Capacity
Doesn’t everyone have the ability to learn? Of course. Learning is what our brains do. As we interact with the environment, the neurons in our brains make connections. Those connections are stre...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Educating 4.9 Million Multilingual Learners
If you are a multilingual teacher, you have made it through one of the most challenging times in history as an educator. Although the pandemic brought on trying times in education, there are alw...
Robyn Shulman
The Particularly Pleasing Power of Neuroplasticity
As the scientific community’s understanding of the brain increases, the knowledge reaching outside the research community does too. One concept that has strong scientific consensus and is starti...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
3 Ways COVID Changed Higher Education Forever
Online Courses - New phone, who’s this? Prior to the pandemic, online courses were most often viewed as “less than”...lacking in sound pedagogy and without measurable and pedigreed outcomes....
Ryan Lufkin
Sweet, Sweet Land of Liberty!
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From ev'ry mountainside Let freedom ring! If you grew up in the ...
Charles Sosnik
The Mindsets of Hope and Optimism in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
In times of great uncertainty, unrest, and even fear, much can be learned from our history. Great men and women have given us a model for how to not only survive but use adversity as a catalyst ...
Jeff Waller
Economics Can Help State Broadband Leaders Rise to the Challenge of Universal Internet Access
Broadband leadership at the state level barely existed ten years ago. Now, states are in the hot seat, tasked with a crucial role in brightening the economic future, not only of the internet-def...
Nathan Smith
Another reason to end the SAT: Future Entrepreneurs
Among the many arguments out there about why it’s time for the SAT, ACT, and any other college admissions tests to go, there’s one that barely gets any airtime: These tests do nothing to help se...
Margot Machol Bisnow
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
Leveraging Tech to Increase Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom
One reason why schools and districts prioritize social emotional learning is to give students the tools they need to understand who they are, regulate their emotions, build healthy relationships...
Sarah LaHayne
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
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
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
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
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
