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Discussing the State of Actionable Data in American Education (Part Two)
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a discussion held during a nationwide virtual meeting. If you missed part one, you can read it here . As part of the continuing series on Knowstory L...
The LC Staff
Education’s Moonshot: Doubling Student Achievement
Editor’s note: This is part one of a four-part series. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed that America would go to the moon. Such a wildly audacious statement was so far out...
Sonny Magana
How Technology will Alter the Teaching Profession: The roles will change, but not their importance
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of glimpses into the possible future of education. Everything changes. And Technology changes everything. In education like everywhere else, the ...
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher
Bob Lenz, CEO PBLWorks: Student Retention Through Project Based Learning
Bob Lenz became CEO of Buck Institute for Education PBLWorks in 2015. Before taking on his role at PBLWorks, his familiarity with Project Based Learning (PBL) matured as the co-founder of E...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
Why Are Free VPNs Bad For Privacy
When it comes to privacy protection, one of the most popular tools is a VPN. Over the years, the interest in VPNs has increased, especially post-Snowden . A VPN encrypts traffic data so that no...
Brad Smith
“Systems Thinking” Supports Transformational Change in K-12 Education
Despite the last few years’ conversations about the need to transform K-12 learning, we remain stuck in familiar, dated questions associated with school and district silos. Current organization...
L. Beatriz Arnillas MFA, SPHR
A Nationwide Referendum on Public Education
Americans are voting in a nationwide referendum on public education. But it’s not on any ballot. And curiously, it hasn’t made the national news media. It’s the number of families that are leavi...
Charles Sosnik
It’s Time for Strengths-Based Project Based Learning
These days, change arrives not through observable cause and effect, as in the days of Newton, but through field-like, quantum shifts that suddenly reveal themselves. What was hidden a moment ago...
Thom Markham
6 Benefits of Using a Safe, Moderated Platform for School Communications
The tech giants’ social media platforms are crawling with trolls and data miners. A ‘closed’ social network connects parents to schools without the risks.
Chaks Appalabattula & Danielle McColl
Tyson Smith, Reading Horizons CEO: Helping Teachers Reach Every Student
Since its inception over 33 years ago, Reading Horizons focus is building the awareness of their educational products that center on the Reading Horizons Method. The method teaches childre...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
Redesigning the Digital Learning Environment
One of the more interesting and often overlooked aspects of the digital transformation in education is the redesigning of physical spaces within a school. As part of the continuing series on...
Learning Counsel Staff
Imagining the Future and Making it Happen: Philadelphia Panel explores the possibilities of Technology in Education
Weekly during conference season, the Learning Counsel holds events across America. In addition to expert speakers, panel discussions are convened among the area’s top educational technology ...
The LC Staff
Overcoming a “That’s The Way We Have Always Done It” Mindset in Schools
Editor’s Note: This is Part One of a New Monthly Series, The Brief History of the Future of Education. It is truly astounding how people can embrace doing things the way they have always...
Ryan L Schaaf
Discussing the State of Actionable Data in American Education (Part One)
Editor’s note: Read the rest of the story later this month in Part Two – how districts are beginning to explore interoperability options like middleware to solve the data disconnect. As ...
Learning Counsel Staff
The End of the Promise of Personalized Learning?
CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL ED-TECH PUBLISHERS AND SCHOOLS: Pending Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Modifications
The LC Staff
Successful Technology Comes from a Focus on the Learner
At a recent Digital Transition Event in Atlanta , the Learning Counsel held a panel discussion featuring instructional technology officials from three of the largest and most successful sch...
The LC Staff
The Difference in Cultural Norms between Generations
Millennials share everything, older generations do not
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher
How to Engage More Girls in Coding
Women occupy only one-fourth of the coding jobs in the United States. Here’s how schools can help change that.
Dennis Pierce
These California Districts are Using Technology in Very Different Ways
Technology means different learning opportunities for different districts. There’s a lot to get excited about. At a recent Learning Counsel event in Sacramento, officials from three Califo...
The LC Staff
Why Districts Must Support Instructional Coaches in Innovative Ways
In the United States, over 200,000 teachers leave the classroom each year, citing a lack of support and inadequate preparation as two of the main reasons for their exodus. Fortunately, distric...
Joellen Killion
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
