Featured Articles
The Second-Best Article of 2024 About Nurturing Curiosity in Math
When I taught high school math, I wish I spent more time creating the conditions that help students be more curious about math. I’m reminded of this every time I ask adults whether they remem...
Dr. Tim Hudson
How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps
In the wake of the digital boom that echoed out from the pandemic era, schools have steadily been coming to grips with how to operate in a reality where devices are far more ubiquitous in cla...
Justin Reilly
AI and Education: What are the Goals?
In our lifetimes, the most important technological advancements may arguably include cellular phones, the internet, and digital payments, each revolutionizing how we communicate, access infor...
Kiran Kodithala
Creating Cultures of Inquiry
During my first year of teaching, I had the misfortune of overhearing one of my students utter a phrase that every teacher dreads: “Mr. Hammill’s class is so boring!” I was crushed. I was new ...
Drew Hammill
How SEL Supports STEM Learning
From coding robots to 3D printing, STEM subjects can be challenging, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. They can also prepare students for various career paths, equipping them with concr...
Amanda Vaden
AI in Language Learning: Humans Still Hold the Key
Language learning is experiencing a revolution. Large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered apps are sprouting like digital mushrooms, promising fluency with just a few swipes and clicks. And the...
Dan Berges
What Do We Mean by Cognitive Capacity?
We’ve been encountering the term “cognitive capacity” more and more often since we started to make the distinction between “cognitive ability” and “cognitive capacity” a few years ago. The re...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Using Data to Enhance the Academic Experience
One of the unfortunate realities of higher education is that not everyone who enters the academy leaves with a degree. The percentage of students who drop out and never receive a diploma vari...
Kiran Kodithala
A Brief Overview of Dual-Language Programs
Most people have heard about English language learning programs for ESL, Multilingual, and Bilingual students. However, did you know there is a program that embraces dual-language immersion? D...
Robyn D. Shulman
The Future of Schools Because of the Internet
It just seems like things are cracking up in schools with students leaving for alternatives in droves, an epic teacher shortage that has no end in sight, absenteeism, increasing violence on-cam...
LC Staff
The Rocky Relationship Between Data and Dignity
During my 40-plus years of integrating technology into business and education, the biggest obstacles were not faulty products or excessive costs, but the objections of people. Those same peop...
Joel Backon
Time to Embrace Nondegree Pathways: Awareness, Education, Acceptance
With declining college enrollment and a growing trend toward skills-based hiring, it’s not surprising that more and more young people are interested in more flexible and affordable postse...
Julie Lammers
Tackling Teacher Retention: A Holistic Approach through Family Engagement and Technology
Hiring and retaining teachers is a top challenge facing education leaders today. A number of factors contribute to this challenge including emotional burnout, low pay, and poor working cond...
Elisabeth O’Bryon, Ph.D.
Six myths about adverse childhood experiences and trauma
No, adverse childhood experiences are not the same as trauma, and not all children respond to adversity with trauma — some respond with resilience.
Marc D. Hauser
Shared Office, Separate Tests: Why Collaboration is key in the Identification and Intervention for Children with Dyslexia
It may sound obvious, but it is important for school psychologists (SP) and speech language pathologists (SLP) to work together in the diagnosis of dyslexia, since they are both integral exam...
Andrew Shanock, PhD, NCSP
Student Burnout: Addressing the Growing Epidemic
In recent years, student burnout—which is the mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress, often tied to academic pressures—has become an alarming and ...
Hunter Wesolowski
Driving Educational Innovation: Insights from the Product Trends Panel
Innovation is at the heart of transforming education, and recent discussions at the Product Trends Panel, hosted by LeiLani Cauthen, CEO of Learning Counsel, provided a platform for industry...
Doug Cauthen
Innovations in Classroom Tech: Insights from the 10th Annual National Awards
The 10th Annual National Awards event recently convened a dynamic Product Trends Panel focusing on Classroom Technology, featuring industry leaders Craig Justice, Executive Vice President of...
Doug Cauthen
Celebrating Excellence: Insights from National School and District Recognition
In the pursuit of educational excellence, it's essential to recognize and celebrate the remarkable achievements and initiatives driving positive change within our school districts. Rece...
Doug Cauthen
Biggest Takeaways – Remembering TCEA For You
Hi again ya’ll! I thought I’d catch Learning Counsel readers up on the big takeaways from the TCEA conference this Spring, finally. First, the weather was great if you noticed it. Mostly att...
LeiLani Cauthen
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
