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Weekly NewsBriefs 2/21/22 - 2/27/22

  Assembly bill could provide students with greater access to STEM courses – By Laura Jennings, Visalia Times Delta Central Valley students could have more access to STEM programs than...

The LC Staff

App of the Week

Space exploration platform engaging students in hands-on, phenomena-based, STEAM-focused learning

The Slooh platform provides students in schools nationwide with the ability to explore the universe and its stars, planets, moons, nebulae, and celestial events through the company’s multiple...

Doug Cauthen

Video

Building Independence to go the Distance

When it comes to building a digital education world, it takes a village. At least it does at the Woonsocket Education Department. To be exact, it takes six. In this case, those individuals are D...

The LC Staff

Video

Building a Path to Success: Insights from Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District

At a recent Learning Counsel Learning Logistics and Tech event in San Diego, California, Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District, shared his vision and strateg...

Doug Cauthen

Thoughts

5 ways to help students stressed by assessment

Adopt formative assessment practices - emphasis on assessment should focus on using data to help students learn

Trenton Goble

Share to Care

Making Lemonade in a Pandemic

Superintendent explains how her district has used the lessons and funding of distance learning to help build a brighter future for students and teachers.

Dr. Kandace Bethea

People

Curriculum Associates CEO Rob Waldron: Reinforcing Quality Work

Rob Waldron joined Curriculum Associates in 2008, bringing leadership experience from both for-profit and nonprofit education worlds. He runs the company with a long-term focus, upholding the fo...

Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer

People

Helping Teachers Evaluate Student Progress

Christine Willig, a 25-year K-12 industry veteran, became CEO of Illuminate Education following a five-way merger in July 2018. The merger combined assessment and data platforms (Illuminate Ed...

Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer

People

Do Right for Education with Lifelong Partnerships

I talked with Edmentum President and CEO Jamie Candee shortly after she was honored by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal as one of the top women in business. The Journal wrote ; “In t...

Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer

People

Helping Education Differentiate Student Learning Abilities

Meeting and discussing individualized instruction with Mindprint Learning founder and CEO Nancy Weinstein articulated the importance of discovering how students learn. She supported my interest ...

Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer

Share to Care

The Kids are Alright

“Sometimes, I feel I gotta get away Bells chime, I know I gotta get away And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind” --Pete Townshend, The Who   If you believe everything you read, th...

Charles Sosnik

Perspective

How SEL Supports STEM Learning

From coding robots to 3D printing, STEM subjects can be challenging, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. They can also prepare students for various career paths, equipping them with concr...

Amanda Vaden

Thoughts

How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps

In the wake of the digital boom that echoed out from the pandemic era, schools have steadily been coming to grips with how to operate in a reality where devices are far more ubiquitous in cla...

Justin Reilly

Thoughts

The Second-Best Article of 2024 About Nurturing Curiosity in Math

When I taught high school math, I wish I spent more time creating the conditions that help students be more curious about math. I’m reminded of this every time I ask adults whether they remem...

Dr. Tim Hudson

Innovation

Personalized Learning Revolution: How AI Tailors Educational Content for Every Student

Recent advances in AI technology have brought forth new possibilities for revolutionizing education through highly customized, adaptive learning platforms. AI-powered ed tech tools now allo...

Dev Nag

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
K12 human resources are crucial to utilizing the cloud successfully. Roles and responsibilities have all changed dramatically since the start of the pandemic, and a new trend to move to core co...
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
Today’s learning environments have changed markedly from just a couple years ago, prior to the pandemic. Tech devices are comprehensively in both the student and teacher hands, but are they missin...
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
Most administrators know there are still gaps remaining in their school or district’s digital transition. Recent studies including the 2021 Digital Transition Surveys for Administrators and Teache...
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
How come digital processes seem easier but are often harder to manage? A major shift to digital teaching and learning in schools has developed an additional digital traffic load for teachers and f...
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Seeing the Levels of Chaos Helps Anchor Bringing Order Schools and districts that recently lost 4 percent of students to alternatives continued to lose students in 2021 at an accelerated pace (no...
Hybrid Logistics Security
Your district is a brand, and your network security helps power its reputation. With the accelerated move to hybrid learning environments over the past year, school districts across the nation are...