Featured Articles
Creating Tech-Friendly Classrooms for Neurodivergent Students
Education technology can be a great accelerator for students, unlocking new levels of focus and learning. On the flip side, it can be a huge distraction. Internationally, one in three students ...
Al Kingsley
How a Shift from Procedural to Conceptual Understanding Improved Math Scores
A math coordinator explains how his team led a districtwide shift in elementary instruction that got students and teachers excited about math.
Ruben Castillo and Liza Marquez
Annual Survey Gives Schools a Voice in Shaping the E-rate Program
More than 25 years after its launch, the federal E-rate program continues to be the primary mechanism for delivering the broadband connectivity schools need to support high-quality digital learni...
John Harrington
Gamification in Education: Fostering a Growth Mindset
When the term “gamification” comes up in the context of education, it is usually introduced as a way to improve student engagement and motivation. Given the dismal state of student engagement in ...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
How the Digital Divide has Created Disparities in Technology Access and the Impact on Asset Management in K-12 Education
A school in Utah has used technology to continuously track and add IT assets to their technology infrastructure, reducing their item losses, making annual audits easier, and being able to perform...
Syed Ali
AI Can Make Every Student an MVP: Here’s How
On February 4, 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles faced the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, an underdog team pitted against a dynasty. With 38 seconds left in the second quarter, the Eagles fo...
Kiran Kodithala and Lee Lambert
Reading at Home: The Antidote for the Summer Slump
As summer begins, a well-documented trend emerges among school age children - the well-known "summer slump." During the summer months, children typically don’t read every day – as they ...
Lilli Montague
AI Tech Impact & Magic Session at ISTE
Cisco will be hosting a focused Tech Session and Reception in their “Secrets of the Thoroughly Modern Wizarding Room” at ISTE 2024 in Denver June 23rd-26th. Please see the schedule at the bottom ...
LC Staff
6 Steps to the Ultimate K-12 Esports Arena
Video games played in a highly-organized competitive environment known as Esports range from popular, team-oriented multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs) and single-player first person shoot...
Dalton Jones and Dr. Christina Counts
Here’s How Schools Can Better Support Neurodiverse Students
The number of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities is on the rise, specifically attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Today, a staggeri...
Hunter Wesolowski
Entertaining, Engaging, and Inspiring Curiosity in an Ever-Changing World
I’ve been teaching science at the high school level in the South Hills of Pittsburgh for almost a decade now, and I’ve seen tremendous changes in that time. One of the biggest changes I’ve seen i...
Sean O'Brien
Join a “Harry Potter World” Wizarding Session at ISTE for Education’s Transformation
Cisco and Learning Counsel Research will be co-hosting a special experience complete with magic wands in their “Secrets of the Thoroughly Modern Wizarding Room” at ISTE 2024 in Denver Sunday June...
Learning Counsel Staff Writer
Force vs. Intelligence : the future of schooling dynamics and AI
Did you know that raw force in this universe is philosophically balanced by intelligence? That the spark of life, our minds, bring order and understanding to the otherwise mute motions of mass, s...
LeiLani Cauthen
Promoting Cybersecurity and VPN Use in Educational Institutions
As digital transformations take over the education sector, schools and educational institutions must reap its benefits for learning and engagement and equip themselves to face cybersecurity chall...
Ruby Doherty
How AI Can Make Every Student an MVP
On February 4, 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles faced the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, an underdog team pitted against a dynasty. With 38 seconds left in the second quarter, the Eagles fo...
Kiran Kodithala and Lee Lambert
How to Fix the Missing Piece Between ELL and Mainstream Teachers
Being an ELL or Bilingual teacher comes with many gifts and challenges. What is one challenge you face the most in your professional teaching career? Many ELL teachers say lacking communicatio...
Robyn D. Shulman
Evolving above the Classroom vs. Online Debate
Social, interactive, peer, cohort, vicarious and observational learning
LeiLani Cauthen
Embracing AI: Navigating Job Evolution and Thriving in the Future Workplace
In the current era marked by swift technological progress, concerns surrounding job displacement due to artificial intelligence (AI) have become a focal point of discussion. However, rather than ...
Kiran Kodithala and Lee Lambert
The Shift from Just Learning about Science to Figuring Out Phenomena
In traditional methods of science instruction, teachers and textbooks often just tell students scientific ideas and then have them consider an application of those ideas. They do not provide stud...
Ted Willard
The Role of Cognitive Skills in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are “three closely linked values held by many organizations that are working to be supportive of different groups of individuals, including people of diffe...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
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
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
Hybrid Logistics Security
