Featured Articles
Best Practices for AI Upskilling: Four Culture Building Strategies
As AI continues to grow in acceptance and use in the workplace the need for AI upskilling has become essential for employers who want to leverage the power of these new and exciting tools. Ho...
Marc Booker, Ph.D.
Keeping the Light On: How VR and AI Help Students Reclaim Their Attention in the Age of Distraction
“The liberation of human attention may be the defining moral and political struggle of our time.” — James Williams, Stand Out of Our Light We live i...
Laura Spencer
We’re Losing Promising Teachers at the Finish Line: Here’s How We Help
Every year, school leaders look to fill vacancies, and every year, strong teacher candidates are stopped short. Not by a lack of ability, but by inadequate preparation and support systems. Th...
Nathan Estel
How Certifications Bridge Classrooms to Careers
As the labor market evolves at an accelerated pace, the path from classroom to career has become increasingly complex. Employers are seeking candidates who not only understand core concepts b...
Kelli Neuman Hughes
The Coming Omni-AI “Plasmic Mind” for Schools will change what Schools need from Edtech
Are you wondering yet what AI is going to do for the schooling enterprise? Well, the current Generative AI use by teachers and students and some individual administrators for specific tasks i...
Doug Cauthen
What’s the Exact Date Kids Get Bored During Summer Break?
Summer break arrives like a breath of fresh air for families across America. No more frantic morning routines, homework battles, or permission slips. Parents picture lazy afternoons, family a...
Silicon Valley High School
How AI Could Replace Teachers — And Why That’s Not as Far-Fetched as It Sounds
The idea that artificial intelligence could one day replace teachers is often met with denial or defensiveness. Many argue, rightly, that no machine can replicate the empathy, creativity, a...
Doug Cauthen
Online Learning Helps Develop Global Competence. Here’s How
Students who engage with a global community of learners are better prepared for success in life and work. They’re exposed to a broader and more diverse array of cultures and perspectives, and t...
Carol DeFuria
Are We Misunderstanding the Evidence? The Hidden Pitfalls of Education Research
Imagine a promising new reading program touted by research as delivering significant gains. A district invests heavily, only to find that the hoped-for results don't materialize. Unfortuna...
Rebecca Taylor-Perryman
Transforming Literacy Education in North Carolina
When I took office as North Carolina's State Superintendent of Public Instruction in January 2021, our state's literacy landscape resembled many others across the country. Three-cue...
Catherine Truitt
Grandparenting Children with and without Disabilities
Grandparent engagement is likely going to increase, given demographic trends. Longer life expectancy and changing family structures have expanded grandparents' roles in their grandchildren...
Dr. Coral PS Hoh
AI and The Renaissance of the Polymath Reflections On AI-Enhanced Integrative Thinking
THROUGHOUT human history, there have always been those rare individuals who defied the boundaries of specialized knowledge, excelling across multiple disciplines with a breadth and depth that...
Jeppe Klitgaard Stricker
Best Practices for Supporting AI Professional Development in Education
For over thirty years, I have conducted professional development for educators. I have recently created and presented dozens of AI presentations, workshops, and courses for K-12 districts and u...
Jerry Crisci
AI and the Future of Community Colleges
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us, and education is no exception. As community college leaders, we must be at the forefront of this transformation, ensu...
Lee D. Lambert
The Only Real Schooling Innovation Now That There’s AI
Now that there is AI on the scene, a new type of innovation is coming into play to change schooling America’s students. Yes, schooling is about to change, not just they paradigm of how classr...
LeiLani Cauthen
Fueling Student Curiosity Through Esports: Innovation in 21st-Century Learning
Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I have vivid memories of immersing myself in the world of Atari, Nintendo, and Gameboy. Back then, it felt like technology had transformed the lives of chil...
Dr. Greg Harrison
The Emergence of the Sentient Schooling Matrix by 2032
Most educators and indeed, consumers, are aware so far only of Generative AI. That’s because it is consumer-facing and we can directly interact with it. Generative AI is only the beginning, sha...
LeiLani Cauthen
2025 Summer Reading List – Round 1
Learning Counsel is blessed to have many educator and technology industry friends who write interesting books. Here are our first recommendations for your Summer reading this year! Our own r...
LeiLani Cauthen
Why Personalization and Student Agency Are the Future of Education
During my four decades of education research, I've witnessed educators face disruptive forces that have magnified existing challenges: today we have AI, we've had COVID, we've ...
Dr. Yang Zhao
Bringing Back the Phone Call: Making It Work for Schools Today
A 40 percent jump in parent responses to conference scheduling. That’s what our district saw after introducing a new cloud-based phone system built right into our school-home communications p...
Gary Lambert
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
