Featured Articles
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
L.A.U.S.D. Announces Start Date for the Fall Term
It’s now official. Amid speculation, the Los Angeles Unified School District has announced it will begin the 2020/2021 school year on August 18, thus ending rumors that the nation’s 2nd larg...
The LC Staff
Narrowing the Gap in Home Connectivity
E-rate may still be the answer if Congress and the FCC can work together
Charles Sosnik
Courage, Cowardice, COVID-19 & Podcasts
Ivory Soap? Yes, but first courage and cowardice points leading to one of the great stories that New York’s famed Mad Men helped spawn back in the Great Depression. Courage is a confidence of...
LeiLani Cauthen
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
The Importance of Mental and Emotional Awareness
Now that the initial shock of a health crisis ravaging our nation has set in, it is time to consider a sweeping change in the way we support our school communities in mental and emotional wellne...
Jill Brown
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
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
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
What Does the User Interface Tell You About the Learning Value of a Game?
The user interface is more than just the skin that allows us to interact with an educational game. It can also be a window into that game’s learning value. User interfaces (UIs) are a bit of...
Alesha Arp
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
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
