Featured Articles
Remember: The Only Thing We Have to Fear is…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” --George Santayana This is one of my favorite quotes, but with so many variables happening today, I am finding i...
Charles Sosnik
What Are Kids Reading? A Surprising Amount of Nonfiction
The latest edition of the nation’s largest student reading survey offers hope about the power of prior knowledge and the future of nonfiction reading.
Gene Kerns
Navigating the New Normal: A Guide for Our At-Risk 50-and-Up Educators
As schools gradually reopen, students, teachers and staff are all vulnerable to the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes how 29 ...
Carol Henry
Schools and the Space-Time Continuum
It’s almost Fall, and the clock is ticking. Talk of time and space are swirling all around us, and confusion is rampant. As you know, some states aren't really open yet and others are closing ...
LeiLani Cauthen
Opinion: The Role of the School Resource Officer in the New Hybrid Environment
Communities have found themselves immersed in an age when schools and teaching technology is catching up with societal needs. COVID-19 has emerged as the newest threat to health and safety and c...
Christy Martin, Ed.D.
Keeping Early Learning Going Despite COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and early education centers across the nation to close, children lost many of the benefits of a high-quality learning environment, as well as important ...
Charles Dinofrio
Virtual Classroom 2.0 12 Tips for the Virtual Teacher
In this article, we’ll provide you quick and effective ways to have the right setup, tools, techniques to increase your effectiveness with students, parents, and administrators. For administrato...
Bob Riefstahl
Teacher to Teacher: Simple Advice for Going Virtual
Any way you tackle it, teaching is a tricky process that takes serious planning, time, consideration, and knowledge. When you add in a pandemic, even confident teachers face the uneasiness of bl...
Melissa Saphos
Achieving Equity in EdTech: It’s a Family Thing
The sudden shift to distance learning this Spring, due to the coronavirus, highlighted the gap in access to Wi-Fi and devices for our nation’s students. Students in suburban areas fared better ...
Tamara Fyke
When Schools Reopen, Will Teachers Return?
Editor’s Note : This OpEd piece by Franklin Schargel is a stark reminder that the Coronavirus is an epic disrupter of our education systems. The pandemic will mandate a hybridization of K-12 p...
Franklin Schargel
How This Education Research Publisher Transformed Itself In The Wake Of The Pandemic
Last year, I wrote about LeiLani Cauthen, CEO of the Learning Counsel, in a piece entitled How This Entrepreneur Discovered An Inevitable Problem And Turned It Into An Opportunity . Cauthen i...
Robyn D Shulman
Making the Most of Your CARES Act Funding for Educational Technology
The World Economic Forum reported that more than 1.2 billion students were learning outside of the classroom globally in late April. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching has gone rem...
Cheryl Miller and Steve Halliwell
Student Stress: Compounding the COVID-19 Crisis
We don’t have to think twice about protecting children from physical harm. Our natural instinct kicks in to help keep kids away from dangers like a hot stove or busy street. But how best to main...
Ellen Yan
Using SEL Strategies to Foster a Growth Mindset in Elementary Students
If you’ve opened any education journal, read an online article, joined a PLC or participated in professional development in the last few years you’ve no doubt heard “growth mindset” discussed an...
Lori Jackson and Steve Peck
The Future Because of the Past
What’s to become of learning from what we have learned during the COVID-19 crisis? It’s a struggle for anyone who sees patterns to communicate them adequately. One always sounds like they are ...
LeiLani Cauthen
One Principal’s Creative and Strategic Approach to Distance Learning During COVID-19
As Principal at Laurel Magnet School of the Arts (LMSA) in Laurel, Mississippi, I have made it a priority to respond quickly to changes and convey a clear vision every step of the way throughout...
Kiana Pendleton
An Open Letter to America’s Educators
Relax. You are okay. Everything is going to be okay. We know these are uncertain times. As the people who are responsible for delivering education to the children of our nation, you...
Charles Sosnik
Defining Leadership in a Time of Chaos
“True Leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to.” --Jim Collins What does leadership look like? When I was doing leadership work with DLA (Defense...
Mac Bogert
Want Some Great Ideas for Your District? Listen to the Learning Counsel’s New Virtual Discussion Webinars
Conducting virtual discussion webinars are a new feature for the Learning Counsel. Beginning April 2 with the first of eight Emergency National Virtual Discussions , the Learning Counsel ha...
The LC Staff
Questions We Must Consider
Yesterday I was part of a strategy meeting with a Nashville non-profit that provides school-based services. The team includes a mix of working moms and single women who are working as university...
Tamara Fyke
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
