Featured Articles
Empowering Student Learning: Insights from the Digital Curriculum Product Trends Panel
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the integration of digital curriculum plays a pivotal role in shaping engaging and personalized learning experiences for students. The recent Pro...
Doug Cauthen
Innovations in Classroom Tech: Insights from the 10th Annual National Awards
The 10th Annual National Awards event recently convened a dynamic Product Trends Panel focusing on Classroom Technology, featuring industry leaders Craig Justice, Executive Vice President of...
Doug Cauthen
Celebrating Excellence: Insights from National School and District Recognition
In the pursuit of educational excellence, it's essential to recognize and celebrate the remarkable achievements and initiatives driving positive change within our school districts. Rece...
Doug Cauthen
Learning Counsel Unveils Key Insights at the 10th Annual K-12 Strategies Survey Results & Awards Event
Benton, AR, Feb. 5, 2024 – The Learning Counsel, a pioneering organization at the forefront of educational transformation, successfully concluded its 10th Annual Digital Transitions Survey Re...
Doug Cauthen
Four Ways State Education Leaders Can Improve Math Achievement
Even though reading curricula and achievement are currently the top educational priorities across much of the U.S., math achievement has declined worse than reading as a result of the pandem...
Tim Hudson
What We've Learned After the Launch of ChatGPT
Following the one year anniversary of OpenAI’s publicly accessible generative AI writing tool, ChatGPT, now is an excellent time to examine how it has influenced education. As a principal and s...
Patti West-Smith
10th Annual Digital Transition Survey Awards
Benton, AR, Feb. 2nd, 2024 – Learning Counsel Research recognized Cobb County School District, Georgia with its Sustainable Tech Practices Award during the 10th Annual Learning Leadership natio...
Doug Cauthen
Higher Learning is Preparing for the World of AI
Five hundred years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus posited a heliocentric model that stated the Earth evolved around the sun. He published his handwritten manuscript in 1543, setting off what some ...
Kiran Kodithala and Lee Lambert
Biggest Takeaways – Remembering FETC For You
Hi ya’ll! Legitimately now living in Arkansas, I have local permission to use ya’ll whenever I want. Being in the south first for the FETC event and then TCEA this Spring, I thought I’d catch L...
LeiLani Cauthen
STEM for All: Defining "All" in the Context of Inclusive Education
What do we mean when we say that we want all students participating in STEM education? When we speak about "STEM for All," it's crucial to clarify the breadth and depth of &quo...
Jason McKenna
If You’ve Read One IEP, Have You Read Them All?
“If you’ve read one IEP, you’ve read them all.” It may not be literally true, but there is a strong feeling among many parents and teachers that the “individualized” part of an Individualized...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Bringing Back the Joy of Teaching: Unique Voices to Help You Thrive
When schools closed throughout the country for the past few years, teachers had to learn how to teach from afar and figure out different ways to support the needs of all their students and pa...
Robyn D. Shulman
Speak Life to Yourself This New Year
New Year…new you. New Year…new goals. We are inundated with messages about the necessity of goal setting. But I’m not feeling it…at all. The forced nature of this cultural observance holds no...
Tamara Fyke
Curing Learning Indigestion – Three Solutions to Overly Full Plates
“Our district is currently doing a lot of work to implement STEM ( or AI, new technology, etc.), and our teachers feel like they are constantly having things added to their plates while noth...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Introducing a Spatial-Temporal AI for changed Learning Patterns
A Hybrid Logistics Schooling Ingredient
LeiLani Cauthen
Stopping the 360-Degree Circle: Three Ways to Rethink Education Reform
At one time or another, we’ve all incorrectly used common phrases in the English language. It doesn’t matter if we’re educators with years of teaching under our belts, we each have our own “f...
Jeff Dase
Augmented Reality: The Power of Experiential Learning
The creation of powerful classroom experiences is something that every educator strives for. When learning is memorable, students make connections that help them easily acquire and retain inf...
Phil Birchinall
Audiobooks Show Promise in Aiding Literacy Challenges
Literacy rates in America have dropped in recent years. According to the Center for Education Statistics , 37% and 30% of fourth and eighth graders, respectively, do not meet the standard li...
Ruby Doherty
Navigating the New Terrain of Education: The Power of Guided Discovery Learning
In the evolving landscape of education, where the debate between knowledge-based and skill-based learning continues, Guided Discovery Learning (GDL) emerges as a transformative approach. Th...
Jason McKenna
Unlocking Genuine Motivation for Lifelong Learning and Success
Most educators, at least implicitly, believe motivation is something you either have or don’t. So, for the students who don’t, they’ve designed an emotional torture chamber that makes learnin...
Garrett Smiley
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
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
Hybrid Logistics Security
