Featured Articles

Spotlight

Digital Curriculum Is a Game-Changer for College Prep

A Washington State school uses digital CTE and electives to help students prepare for secondary education and plan for a career

Julia Brolin

Tactics

Amidst Disunity, Newark Keeps Focused

Good teachers and digital tools are helping to find light at the end of the tunnel

Cebron Walker

Perspective

Keys to Digital Education Success

The final installment on the traps that can block a digital transition strategy

LeiLani Cauthen

Perspective

The Fear and Mis-Understanding of Change

The third installment in our tour of traps that can bar the road to digital education success

LeiLani Cauthen

Thoughts

4 Ways to Keep Students Focused During the Holidays

Parties, shopping and vacation time can derail learning. Here are rock-solid solutions to keep students on task

Christopher Piehler

Perspective

3 Ways Blended Learning Improves Student Outcomes

Researchers at Arizona State document that a mix of online and in-person instruction does transform teaching and learning

Christopher Piehler

Perspective

Guest Op-Ed: Butter, Whiskey and Google Docs

An educator’s review of how we are embracing technology in teaching and learning

Joe Du Fore. Illustrations: Jason Naumann

Innovation

5 Primary Areas of Education Change

Inside the Dynamic Shift: A Nationwide Overview of District and School Transformation

Cebron Walker

Spotlight

Accelerating Education with STEM

A New Approach to STEM Education at a Rural Elementary School Revs up Learning with Hands-on Student Experiences

Julia Brolin

Perspective

Bringing Digital Curriculum To Life

A look “under the hood” of digital curriculum design to see what is being done to create fun, rigorous, personalized learning

Christopher Piehler

Spotlight

Learning Counsel Awards Top Districts

The Learning Counsel Recognized Top Districts and Schools in the U.S. at Their Annual National Gathering

Cebron Walker

Innovation

The Classroom of the Future

Mention the “classroom of the future” and it might evoke images of an old Jetsons cartoon—Elroy and his fellow students working on tablets, following a lecture by a virtual teacher and collaborating on space-aged technology

Cebron Walker

Perspective

Why Game-Based Learning?

What it is and why it’s changing the way we teach our kids skills for the future work-a-day world

Gavin Cahill

Innovation

Are We Teaching for the Jobs of the Future?

Many schools are emphasizing typing and programming skills to prepare their students for the workplace of the future, but it isn’t just about being able to code

Rachel Norris

Tactics

5 Questions to Ask If You Are Struggling with Your Flipped Class

The success of any initiative—including personalizing the classroom—relies on the professional development and resources educators receive

Aaron Sams, M.A.Ed & Jon Bergmann

Innovation

Read. Grow. Repeat.

How one school district in Georgia is creating motivated readers and learners through their strategy for digital transformation—and saving significant time and money in the process

Teri Harris

Spotlight

Top 10 U.S. Schools to Win Awards for Moving to Digital Curriculum

The Learning Counsel and T-Mobile honor these schools and districts for advancing digital content in their schools and communities

LeiLani Cauthen

Tactics

The Need for Speed

Bandwidth in Public Schools: Superintendents Share Best Practices on District Infrastructure and Upgrading Your Network

Nell Hurley

Thoughts

Calling for the End of “Mc”Report Cards

A better, new 4-Part Report Card would have a human side. New technology may be just the ticket to bring back good ol’ fashioned teacher care and attention and parental involvement

LeiLani Cauthen

Research

Education Transformation End-Point: The Age of Experience

Where are we headed, anyway? What is the end-point of the digital transformation for K-12 education?  The Learning Counsel has been in fifteen metro areas so far in 2014 meeting with public an...

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.

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...