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Secretary DeVos Launches New Grant Competition to Spark Student-Centered, Agile Learning Opportunities to Support Recovery from National Emergency

States can compete for more than $300 million to rethink education by creating flexible K-12 models, developing postsecondary tools that aid economic recovery

The LC Staff

Tactics

3D Printing Safety 101: How schools can safely use 3D printers in the classroom

3D printers have become a valuable tool in K-12 classrooms because they inspire creativity and problem-solving by bringing students’ ideas and designs to life. 3D printers engage students, provi...

Dr. Marilyn Black

Ideas

How to Help Students Overcome Test Anxiety

Historically, standardized testing has always been a widely used tool in schools around the world. However, this method isn't exactly perfect,  and states such as Georgia  have began lowering th...

Carol Henry

Innovation

10 Best Online Assessment Software for Teachers In 2020

Teachers have become more and more interested in online assessment software solutions. These tools can help teachers automate grading, identify knowledge gaps, and improve learning materials. ...

Angela White

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Don’t Let Your Students’ Education Die from Embarrassment

Do you remember how it felt to be a teenager? You yearned so much for independence as your hormones and emotions were careening throughout your body like a Bally pinball machine. You were so sel...

Charles Sosnik

Ideas

Learning in the Year 2040: Looking Forward, Acting Now!

What will the future of education look like, and how do we get there? What and how should future generations learn? How should training and education help learners prepare for a workforce that p...

Ryan L Schaaf

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Human Nature & Schools After COVID-19

There is a certain sector of tech companies and big investment houses touting that things for schools are “not coming back to normal.” They are right in one respect, but wrong in a much larger r...

LeiLani Cauthen

Thoughts

It’s Time to Release Control in Education

For years we have debated the role of technology in education. Given the pandemic, we are inarguably here, embracing a new reality of K-12 education. Districts have been scrambling to provide de...

Tamara Fyke

Perspective

When Schools Reopen and Children Return, will Schools be Prepared?

The Corona virus has disrupted the lives of children and adults alike around the world. It has had a tremendous impact on the lives of children who may not understand what is happening. Children...

Frank Schargel

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Educators on the Front Lines Share What’s Working

  Beginning on April 2 nd , the EduJedi Leadership Society members have been gathering in virtual meetings as panelists for discussions about the national emergency and how they are all facing...

The LC Staff

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What’s Going to Happen with K12 Education?

(April 7, 2020) Schools, Districts and companies selling to them have questions, and forebodings. There are two lines of thought: In the Fall, things will get back to normal. Then in about ...

LeiLani Cauthen

Research

Why You Should Care about the Cares Act

$30.75 Billion. That sounds like a lot of money. Included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that Congress passed, approximately $30,750,000,000.000 was appropriated for e...

Charles Sosnik

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Advice for the Newly Remote

Recently, the world changed. It’s a new reality for everyone, especially those of you who are working from home for the first time . The most important thing you can do is to establish an off...

Charles Sosnik

Tactics

Learning Doesn’t Have to Be Held Back by VGA

The Latest Wireless Presentation Technology Allows VGA-Equipped Classrooms to Take Full Advantage of HDMI and Create State-of-the-Art Learning Opportunities

Bob Wudeck

Perspective

Throwing the CEO a Lifeline

Earlier today I saw an email asking CEOs what they are doing to throw their employees a lifeline. As a CEO, this topic warms my heart, but if I’m honest it’s only halfway heartwarming for me. I ...

Edgar Blunt

Research

New Survey Findings: Student Perceptions on Skilled Trades Education

The skilled trades industry offers lucrative and meaningful careers, however there is a growing skilled trades labor shortage in the U.S. that is severely impacting the economy and a number of h...

Mary Kelly

Spotlight

Going Virtual Overnight: 4 Questions for Administrators to Ask

Schools and districts are calling the Learning Counsel asking for advice on what to do given they must shut down. We’ve developed this questionnaire so you can quickly analyze the direction to g...

LeiLani Cauthen

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Making Adjustments to the Normal Routine

Like all of us, over the past few weeks I have been monitoring the CoVid-19 pandemic and making adjustments to my daily routine for both work and home. What I’ve noticed in these first few days ...

Tamara Fyke

Spotlight

The Learning Counsel Announces Thom Markham to Keynote Their 2020 National Gathering

Global entrepreneur considered one of the founding fathers of Project Based Learning

The LC Staff

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Resources Now That All Schools Are Temporarily Homeschools

  This is the time that America pulls together.  Most schools under the current threat of coronavirus spread are opting to close and attempt remote learning.  The Learning Counsel is at yo...

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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.

Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
K12 human resources are crucial to utilizing the cloud successfully. Roles and responsibilities have all changed dramatically since the start of the pandemic, and a new trend to move to core co...
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
Today’s learning environments have changed markedly from just a couple years ago, prior to the pandemic. Tech devices are comprehensively in both the student and teacher hands, but are they missin...
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
Most administrators know there are still gaps remaining in their school or district’s digital transition. Recent studies including the 2021 Digital Transition Surveys for Administrators and Teache...
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
How come digital processes seem easier but are often harder to manage? A major shift to digital teaching and learning in schools has developed an additional digital traffic load for teachers and f...
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Seeing the Levels of Chaos Helps Anchor Bringing Order Schools and districts that recently lost 4 percent of students to alternatives continued to lose students in 2021 at an accelerated pace (no...
Hybrid Logistics Security
Your district is a brand, and your network security helps power its reputation. With the accelerated move to hybrid learning environments over the past year, school districts across the nation are...