Featured Articles
Amidst Disunity, Newark Keeps Focused
Good teachers and digital tools are helping to find light at the end of the tunnel
Cebron Walker
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
Learning Counsel Awards Top Districts
The Learning Counsel Recognized Top Districts and Schools in the U.S. at Their Annual National Gathering
Cebron Walker
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
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
5 Primary Areas of Education Change
Inside the Dynamic Shift: A Nationwide Overview of District and School Transformation
Cebron Walker
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Learning Counsel Awards the Alabama State Board of Education's ALEX Program
Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required. At the January 14, 2015 Alabama State Board of Education Meeting, Dr. David Kafitz, Vice President of School Relations and Consultin...
Cebron Walker
Catching At-Risk Students
Virtual Learning Prepares High Schoolers for Graduation and Life
Dennis Pierce
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
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
Summer School—Digital Style
How one school is solving the timeless dilemma of student willingness and involvement and is making summer school count for each child
Rachel Norris
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
Technology is Smoothing Teacher Hiring
Technology and digitalization isn’t just helping in the classroom. Miami-Dade is using it to ensure all schools have equal access to high quality applicants, and to streamline the hiring process
Lauren O’Mara
Re-thinking Failure
If failure, in one way or another, is unavoidable, isn’t it time to rethink our education system, to redesign our curricula, and to embrace failure instead of stigmatizing it?
Allison Segeren
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
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
