Featured Articles
Reading is Still the Golden Elixir
Many experts are saying we will not be out of the woods with COVID-19 for many months. It is an instructional year that is of concern to teachers, parents, communities and even the youth. One th...
Christy S. Martin, Ed.D.
South Texas is figuring it out together
According to Dr. Kari Rhame Murphy, Chief Technology Officer at Deer Park ISD, “Now we're going to bring kids into the mix and how many kids are coming, and we don't have that final number. ...
The LC Staff
Achieving Equity: Knowing the Right Questions to Ask
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a five-part series As the 2020-21 school year begins with remote learning as the norm for most students in the U.S., educators across the nation are talk...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Investing in Educators is Crucial for Remote Learning
The fall academic semester has arrived across the U.S., and many K-12 schools, colleges, and universities find themselves in a similar situation to what they experienced in the spring: teaching ...
Howie Berman
Asynchronous Learning: The Key to Equity
In this time of the Coronavirus pandemic and an all too sudden shift to virtual learning, equity of access has become perhaps the single largest obstacle to educating our children. Part of this ...
Kevin McFarland
New EduJedi Dictionary Gives Meaning to the Language of EdTech
The EduJedi Dictionary 2020 Edition is now available at no charge to all educators who attend the Learning Counsel’s Virtual Fall Regional events . Why you need the EduJedi Dictionar...
The LC Staff
5 Ways to Develop Teacher Agency and Advance Student Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t only exposed the vast gap in educational equity for students, it has revealed gaps for teachers as well. Though district leaders are working diligently to get the te...
Katherine E. Bihr, Ed.D. & Susanne H. Thompson
A Glimpse of the Front Lines of the First Wave of a Journey to the Barest Hint of Normalcy
A recent plea on social media the other day caught my eye. A teacher was pouring her heart out. Exhausted and stressed, she admittedly was in tears after a trying week of never-ending days, tryi...
Christy S. Martin, Ed.D.
Expanding the Future of History
Recent politics has brought the teaching of United States History to the forefront. Politicians on one side advocate the teaching of patriotism and the greatness of those involved in shaping our...
Christy S. Martin, Ed.D.
Our Nation’s Education System Created the Greatest Generation. Can We Create the Smartest Generation as Well?
In modern history, during times of national crises our state and national governments deployed educational support and funding systems designed to eliminate racial and economic inequity within o...
Dr. Kenneth W. Eastwood
Learning How to Educate
The pandemic has given everyone in America an object lesson in education – but the emergency response experienced in the spring is far from the blended schooling model needed to thrive in the future…
Amy Valentine
Questions We Should Be Asking: Remote Instruction and Our Highest Poverty Districts
More than ever, where you live may determine what kind of educational opportunities you have. Recently, the Center on Reinventing Public Education researched how 477 school districts will be ope...
Christy S. Martin, Ed.D.
Yah, It’s Conference Season
The conference season is in full swing at the Learning Counsel. In September alone, we have events in South Texas, Southern California, the Northeast, North Texas, the Mid-Atlantic States, Kentu...
Charles Sosnik
Building Flexible Classrooms that Conform to Learners (Not the Other Way Around)
Here’s how a new career-focused high school used flexible furniture and other modular elements to transform a 180,000sf building into a modern learning space.
Dr. Christina Counts
Let’s Take the Learning Outside: The Air is Fine
Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that students should learn outside as much as possible. To some educators that are relying on technology, that scenario may seem impossible. Others say stu...
Christy S. Martin, Ed.D.
The New Role of Educators During and After COVID-19
The global pandemic has disrupted just about every facet of our lives. COVID-19 is testing our patience in slowing down and staying put. It tests and continues to test our combined ability to si...
Ryan L Schaaf
Scientifically Speaking: We Can Safely and Successfully Educate Students During the Pandemic
For us here in the South, we have been back-to-school for more than a week. Many counties are opting for virtual learning while the number of coronavirus cases continue to climb. From the conver...
Tamara Fyke
5 Ways Online Learning Coordinators Can Support Remote Learning
The role of the online learning coordinator has never been more critical than right now, in the middle of a global pandemic.
Xuan You
Putting Barriers in the Rear View
Editor’s Note: This is part three in a three-part series. As you read part one and part two in this series, you no doubt found a number of barriers you had already faced. Every school ...
LeiLani Cauthen
Indoor Air Quality Tips Every School Should Follow Before Reopening
As the K-12 education system considers bringing students and staff back into the classroom for fall session amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it faces unprecedented challenges led by in-school health ...
Dr. Marilyn Black
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
