Featured Articles

Spotlight

Accomplishing Mastery in a Digital Age

Innovation Chief of Shelby County Schools shares their personalized learning strategy and how the system is being transformed

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Ideas

3 Inspiring Programs That Fight Summer Slide

These STEM and literacy initiatives go way beyond ‘summer school’ to foster students’ love of learning

Christopher Piehler

Thoughts

Data Security in a Digital World

Hacking is a growth-industry so it’s time to understand the threat to schools and districts

Jonathan Levine

Tactics

Three Social Networking Tools Built for Your Classrooms

Facebook is fine, but education-specific social tools help schools and districts connect to their communities without facing the pitfalls of the wider web

Luvelle Brown, Ed.D., Chris Kennedy & Jessica Meacham

Thoughts

Before You Judge Online and Blended Learning, Get the Data Right

A new study claims that these schools ‘fare worse than traditional schools on state assessments of quality,’ but the study itself is deeply flawed

Don W. Brown, D.Ed.

Perspective

The Uberizing of K-12 Is Underway

Things for districts and schools to consider as 1-to-1 expands

Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway

Event News

Mayor of San Antonio Celebrates ‘Digital Equality Day’

Ivy Taylor recognizes local educators for bringing equity to learning

The LC Staff

Thoughts

The Mindset of Change

Transformation begins in the hearts, minds and the guts of leaders

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Spotlight

Mayor of Houston Recognizes 'Digital Education Day'

Educators lauded for their work to transform education and bring equity to learning

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Perspective

Key Components for School or District Digitization

The “digital classroom” concept has the potential to drive a thriving future economy, but are we building it correctly?

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Event News

Looking Deeply at the Dynamics of Transition

Educators from Richmond, VA., and surrounding districts reviewed strategy and tactics and shared best practices

The LC Staff

Research

The Truth About Teens and Social Media

When an educator asked students about how they interact online, here’s what he discovered

Carl Hooker

Research

Ready to Assess Your Progress?

Help set up the next generation of learners for school and life success

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Innovation

A District Move to Support Student Voice and Choice

Finding an LMS that best suits your district’s instructional philosophy and the personal learning needs of every student

Andrea Winters

Event News

Digital Discussion in Central California

Leaders from Central Valley districts convened in Fresno for transition strategy and tactics

The LC Staff

Ideas

School, Social Learning, and Socrates

Plato and Dewey’s visions for education may provide guidance in how technology should be used in the K-12 classroom

Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway

Event News

Real Conversation About How You Move To Digital

Executives across Minnesota and surrounding states converge for Transformation “Best Practices”

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Spotlight

Technology Solutions for Intervention Success

From D.C.’s inner city schools comes a successful technology strategy and student intervention program

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief

Tactics

Professional Development: Making it Work

Infographic covers teachers’ perception of PD and provides tips to make PD effective and efficient

The LC Staff

Event News

A “Perfect Storm” in Albuquerque?

Districts in New Mexico are Optimistic about Technology and Instructional Practice Integration

Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief


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...