Featured Articles
Five Key Lessons in Common Core Readiness
As students complete the first round of high-stakes tests aligned with the Common Core standards, what can school and district leaders learn from the process that can help them better prepare fo...
Dennis Pierce
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
The Need for Speed
Bandwidth in Public Schools: Superintendents Share Best Practices on District Infrastructure and Upgrading Your Network
Nell Hurley
Gamification & The New Education Paradigm
The shift from “Should I use games?” to “What makes a game effective?”
Suzi Wilczynski
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
What’s Wrong with SAMR in Education?
Does SAMR continue to meet the need of describing the depth and breadth of change needed in education today?
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
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
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
What’s Hot & What’s Not in Education’s Digital Transition
Over a warm cup of coffee and a fabulous breakfast at the trendy Marathon Grill in Philadelphia, the Learning Counsel met with some of our fav’s from education and some partners straight outta t...
LeiLani Cauthen
Science, the First Digital Learning Frontier
Is NGSS the perfect launch point for districts into all digital curriculum and content?
Dr. Lundon Jackson
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
Five Types of Curriculum "Things"
I have had the pleasure of interviewing a lot of industry leaders and educator’s on the subject of digital content and curriculum used in schools. These, a lot of research, and plain old-fashion...
LeiLani Cauthen
Common Core Curriculum Choice - Meeting the “Verb”
An interesting new site and service has undertaken the arduous task otherwise distributed to every teacher and every school across the entire U.S. – analyzing digital materials from a number of ...
The LC Staff
How Teachers Learn
*/ Did anyone just ask teachers how they learn so that the right professional development could be adopted to enable their transition to digital teaching? Yes. Digital tools are now...
Joe Du Fore
Organizing Basics for the Digital Transition & the Laundry
The average organizational structures in districts all across the U.S. are governed by numerous laws, geographic boundaries and traditions. They tend to look the same as they did one hundred yea...
LeiLani Cauthen
New Simulation Curriculum Saves Lives
Save a life, perhaps even yours. Virtual driving simulation curriculum, complete with accident consequences, such as having to visit a judge or pay for a ticket, are taking student driver’s educ...
LeiLani Cauthen
Digitally Delivering Special Education in Tennessee
Many districts struggle with delivering on the promise of special education, and the problem is only going to get worse. The average district spends an average of $51,000 per speech language pat...
John Enright
Versatility: Our Notes on the NOOK
Want to know what Apps are available on the Nook? Here’s a compendium of available apps, courtesy of Barnes & Noble
LeiLani Cauthen
STEM + Tech x Hands-On Learning = An Equation for Engaged Students
Educational technology can transform the teaching and learning process. This is especially true in STEM classrooms where software and some cool, hands-on hardware tools can engage students in scientific discovery
Christine Allman
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
