Featured Articles
The Age of AI Is Really the Age of the Learner
“There will be a shift in demand toward higher cognitive skills. Our research also finds a shift from activities that require only basic cognitive skills to those that use higher cognitive s...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Three steps to a robust zero-trust architecture for K-12 schools this academic year
As the buzz around back-to-school season subsides and teachers and students fall into the rhythm of a new academic year, it’s time for K-12 administrators and district leaders to turn their a...
Charlie Sander
From School Decline to Human‑Centered Renewal: 5 AI‑Driven Transitions
Schooling Reorganization Edtech Architecture Restructuring Teacher Role Refinement Expanded Human Intelligence Equity Curriculum Liquidity Across the country, schools are experiencing...
LeiLani Cauthen
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.
When Students Don't Show Up, Everyone Pays
There is a number that keeps me up at night. Not a test score or a budget figure, though those matter too. It is the number of students who were enrolled in our schools last September and hav...
Dr. Atiya Y. Perkins
The Problem Isn’t Technology. It’s What We’re Training Children’s Brains to Do
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath’s recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation warning about the rapid expansion of EdTech and the explosion of student ...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
When Teachers Understand Math Differently, Students Learn Math Differently
When I look back on the past two decades I’ve spent at Leander ISD, I think about how much elementary instruction has changed. I’ve been a third-grade teacher, a reading specialist, instructi...
Jennifer Ruschhaupt
From Star Wars to Startups: How Two LA Seniors Made Yondr Obsolete
At Milken Community School in Los Angeles, the 2024 school year began with a familiar sound: the clicking of magnetic locks. The administration had spent nearly $30,000 investing in Yondr p...
Doug Cauthen
Your Students Won't Be Nervous on Test Day If You Do This First
Every school year, districts across the country invest in instructional tools with the hope of improving standardized test scores. And every year, many of those tools sit underutilized while ...
Dr. Jessica Constant
The Student Loan Rules Just Changed: Here’s What Borrowers/Families Need to Know
Student loans have always been complicated. But starting in the 2026–27 academic year, they’re about to get even more so. New federal rules tied to legislation passed last year will signific...
Dr. Shaan Patel
Attendance as Culture: What the Data Tells Us About Improving Attendance for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students
Good news in K-12 is worth celebrating. Here is some: districts that treat chronic absenteeism as a culture challenge rather than a compliance problem are seeing real, measurable gains among th...
Dr. Kara Stern
From Firefighting to Foresight: What Schools Must Do Next to Support Student Wellbeing in a Digital-First World
With nearly half (47%) of U.S. school leaders reporting online safety incidents weekly or daily, protecting students goes hand-in-hand with managing their digital experiences. Educators are ...
Harrison Parker
The 99.5% Question: Why Reaching Almost Every Family Still Isn’t Enough
The morning we launched our new districtwide communication platform, I stood in a school car line and watched parents slow down to read the yard signs. Some even rolled down their windows to ...
Claudette Smith
From Content to Capacity: Rethinking Education for the Brain Economy
Since at least the 1960s, the connection between education and economic outcomes has been the subject of substantial research—both theoretical and empirical. Economists have long demonstrated...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Data Shows You the Attendance Pattern. Students Show You What to Fix.
Early in my career, I shadowed a 10th grader for an entire school day. By third period, I understood chronic absenteeism in a way no dashboard ever taught me: I was so monumentally bored that...
Dr. Kara Stern
We Thought We Were Communicating Well — Until We Looked at What Families Experienced
If you are a district leader and not communicating well, you will not be effective. Communication is foundational. Every superintendent and principal understands that. But what I’ve come to r...
Dr. Brian Prybil
What Just Happened: Edtech Collided with the Old Order
The nation’s second‑largest school district is bracing for a system‑wide shutdown on April 14, after United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and two other major unions announced they will strike if ...
LeiLani Cauthen
Bio-Machine AI vs. Humanity’s 4 Nested Fields of Intelligence
In one of the most astonishing scientific developments of our time , researchers have crossed a threshold once thought impossible: they have taken living biological brain cells from human...
LeiLani Cauthen
Relationships First: How a Human-Centered Approach Helped Bring Students Back to School
Across the country, school leaders are grappling with chronic absenteeism, a challenge that threatens not only individual student success, but the stability of our school systems and local com...
Dr. Josha Talison
How K–12 Leaders Can Drive Digital Transformation While Keeping People at the Center
As edtech grows more complex, school and district leaders must shift from managing tools to leading with vision. Here are three ways to do it well.
Dr. Matthew Joseph
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
