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Alt. Schooling

The World without the Gifted Child’s Contribution

TAKE THE QUIZ: Gifted and Talented or High-Achieving Student Schooling Quiz We’ll never know, will we? What the world could have been, only if… If you have a gifted child that never makes...

LeiLani Cauthen

Perspective

What is Second Language Acquisition?

When I was in middle school, I remember registering for my first Spanish 101 class. As a native English speaker, I was excited about learning a new language. My community had a significant mix of...

Robyn D. Shulman, M.Ed.

Ideas

FASTalk: Disrupting the daily dialogue about what children learned today at school

As my first grader bounds off the school bus and we start the walk back to our house, I'll commonly ask, “What did you learn today?” And “nothing” is the response I get most often. The c...

Elisabeth O’Bryon, Ph.D.

Ideas

Cultivating a Love for Reading: The Playbook

In today’s busy world, where TikTok notifications and text pings constantly vie for our attention, it can be hard to encourage kids to sit down, open a book, and read out of sheer love for re...

Felix Brandon Lloyd

Perspective

How to Ensure that Rural Schools’ Cybersecurity is Not Forgotten

Many schools around the country are faced with the issues of outdated systems and a lack of expertise in crucial areas, leaving them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. This is doubly the case in rural ...

Charlie Sander

Research

Educator Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) continues to receive increasing attention in the world of education. In our informal conversations with principals and teachers and parents, we hadn’t disc...

Betsy Hill and Roger Stark

Perspective

The Most Overlooked Reason for Teacher Burnout

Conversation around ​teacher burnout—a prevalent issue in education that severely impacts retention—often focuses on causes like class sizes, school violence, lack of funding, or other teacher wo...

Shannon Hazel

Thoughts

Transforming Student Support in the Digital Age: Why Comprehensive MTSS Systems Play a Critical Role

From staffing shortages to the rise in the number of students experiencing anxiety and depression, schools face formidable challenges when it comes to delivering mental health support. A comprehe...

Jeremy Glauser

Ideas

Coming Together to Imagine (and Realize) Deeper Learning

Our current model of education is based on an industrial model designed to serve the “average student,” No student is average, though, and Deeper Learning provides a more personal and engagi...

Dr. Jonah Schenker

Perspective

Using Cognitive Assessments and Cognitive Training for Autism

Will this help my child? That is the question we always hear from parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis (ASD) when they come across our cognitive training and assessment progr...

Betsy Hill and Roger Stark

Ideas

Explore Social and Emotional Learning Opportunities in Art Class

Two former art educators share their keys to unlocking the collaborative potential of art projects.

Nadine Dresbach and Mary Reilly

Perspective

EdTech Intel: Overcoming AI's Biggest Roadblock

Empathy is crucial in the education sector to foster a multitude of gains. For one, teachers who show empathy can better grasp the needs and backgrounds of their students, enabling them to ad...

Angel Vossough

Thoughts

Ch, Ch, Changes: Turn and Face the Change

When I was a little girl, I remember the anticipation and frustration around Daylight Savings Time. It marked the end of the school year nearing, but it also meant that my brother and I were goin...

Tamara Fyke

Perspective

Should We “Teach” Executive Functions or “Teach about” Executive Functions?

In an article published in Education Week on March 1, education therapist Lexi Peterson says about executive functions: “If we treated these thinking skills as an essential part of the cur...

Betsy Hill and Roger Stark

Innovation

Personalized Learning Revolution: How AI Tailors Educational Content for Every Student

Recent advances in AI technology have brought forth new possibilities for revolutionizing education through highly customized, adaptive learning platforms. AI-powered ed tech tools now allo...

Dev Nag

Thoughts

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

Thoughts

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

Innovation

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

Ideas

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

Perspective

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


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
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...
Hybrid Logistics Security
Your district is a brand, and your network security helps power its reputation. With the accelerated move to hybrid learning environments over the past year, school districts across the nation are...