Featured Articles

Thoughts

Mixing Solutions for Peak Success

Can teaching and learning styles play nice together for great outcomes?

Dr. Robert Dillon

Event News

Dallas County Celebrates September 29th as ‘Digital Equity Day’

Judge Joseph Miller lauds local educators for their work to transform education and bring equity to learning

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Ideas

Personalized Learning vs. Social Learning

Defining new modalities in education is a big hurdle for leaders

Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway

Tactics

Tri-State Discussion of Education Transformation

Education leadership met in New York City for a day of collaboration and transition strategy

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Spotlight

A Model of Differentiated Instruction

Unique approach to project-based learning is bending the “laws” of teaching and learning

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Perspective

Where Is Our Sense of Urgency?

An education journey to South America gives inspiration for transformation

Judy Perez

Tactics

Three Ways to Introduce Robotics into Your Classroom

A Look at How Robots Are Helping Students Build 21st Century Skills

Dr. Leanna Prater

Thoughts

Schools Don’t Want Technology—Schools want Curriculum

Why does having the latest technology often give us bigger headaches?

Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway

Spotlight

Fresno USD Serves up WiFi Enabled Buses

Technology move to bring equity and support students who have longer rides

Jedidiah Chernabaeff

Perspective

The 3 Stages of Shift to Screen Learning

Executives juggle options as they confront the consumerization of education

LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher

Tactics

Redesigning Your School or Classroom for a New Age

What if our overarching goal for a school was building a place of joy, then a place for learning?

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Thoughts

Does Your PD Strategy Stink?

Keeping up with the “new normal” for classrooms means a new level of PD for teachers everywhere

Connie Bosley

Innovation

Exploring Space: The Final Frontier

A discussion of the redesign of schools and the evolution of education, part 1

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Spotlight

Spotlights on Transformation

Transitioning to digital curriculum launches districts and schools into redesigning the classroom

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Thoughts

The Future of Science Education Must Be Digital

The Next Generation Science Standards (and the jobs of tomorrow) require cross-curricular application of 21st-century tools.

Ted Levine

Perspective

Pokémon Go in Education

The new craze has innovative educators working overtime

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Research

Afraid Your Students Have Too Much Screen Time?

Don’t pull the plug yet, digital tools might be critical to students’ academic success

Dr. Sally I’Anson

Tactics

Do Augmented and Virtual Reality Have Real Educational Benefits?

Two educators share how immersive 3D models have helped them expand students’ horizons

The LC Staff

Thoughts

10 Reasons for Technology in Education, Again

A rationale for digital curriculum and device initiatives in your school or district

John Page

Spotlight

Anytime, Anywhere Access to Learning

Fitting all the pieces together for a successful tech-based personalized learning program

Christopher Piehler


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
Discussing the issues of student absenteeism, staffing and privacy might seem like biting off more than one leader can chew, but they are related from an important perspective: managing transacti...
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...