Annual Major Surveys

Learning Counsel conducts the nation’s largest annual survey of schools, districts and teachers to assess trends and what is happening with technology.

Many education leaders claim they “learn while they take the survey” because the questions provoke internal inquiry as to practice and structure.

Each year the Learning Counsel analyzes 1,000 or more completed surveys and recognizes top schools and districts.

To award a rank, Learning Counsel staff go beyond the survey responses spend many hours reviewing each applicant’s websites and activities posted online. Analysts also interact with schools and districts to get completed data for final profiles.

Hear the Results Live

The annual tour of Learning Counsel events and one national webinar provide both results and analysis of the major surveys. The 2024-2025 Events are known as the Learning Logistics & Tech Tour.

Leadership Pulse Research

The Learning Counsel is conducting a continuing series of brief, 10-question surveys with district and school leaders to track changing conditions, emerging challenges, operational realities, leadership perspectives, and innovation activity across K-12 education.

Rather than relying on a single annual survey, these pulse inquiries are designed to capture what leaders are seeing now, creating a living picture of the field as conditions evolve.

Insights gathered through these surveys contribute to Learning Counsel reporting, trend analysis, research publications, and field observations. Results help identify patterns, emerging practices, operational challenges, and opportunities for improvement across schools and districts.

What We're Seeing

Each survey explores a specific leadership, instructional, operational, workforce, technology, or organizational topic. Responses help inform articles, briefings, newsletters, and special reports that provide context and direction on significant changes occurring throughout education.

Many participants report that the questions themselves prompt productive reflection and discussion within their own organizations.

District Indexing & Scorecard Development

As research accumulates, Learning Counsel may develop public district profiles, indexes, scorecards, and organizational observations based on available information, survey participation, public records, published materials, and related research.

New district pages and analysis are added periodically as research progresses.

Participate

Current surveys typically require only a few minutes to complete and focus on one topic at a time. Participation helps contribute to a broader understanding of leadership conditions and organizational realities across education.

Past National Survey Awards

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Survey Awards Levels

Learning Counsel Honorable Mention In recognition of great works towards digital transitioning to modernize teaching and learning.	Learning Counsel Honorable Mention In recognition of great works towards digital transitioning to modernize teaching and learning.
Learning Counsel Gainer Recognition In recognition for gains in overcoming barriers, bringing teams together with common understandings of goals and purposes that helped drive hybrid learning.	Learning Counsel Ace Recognition In recognition for discernment in digital tool use applied to expand learning.
Learning Counsel Achiever Recognition In recognition for considered technology-plus-human-teaching strategies with detailed tactics being carried out to accomplish new heights in learning.	Learning Counsel Adept Recognition In recognition of skillful interweaving of technologies with quality student-user experience in mind.
Learning Counsel Innovator Recognition In recognition for role and outcomes pioneering, plus comprehensive curriculum changes using digital technologies to innovate learning in new ways.	Learning Counsel Scholar Recognition In recognition of applied personalization through a masterful use of digital curriculum to help every student achieve.
Learning Counsel Sustainer Recognition In recognition of sustainable practices that acknowledge the importance of human teaching alongside powerful use of technology to measurably increase learning and adapt teaching.	Learning Counsel Maestro Recognition In recognition of creating a symphony of autonomous personalized learning opportunities through liberal use of digital curriculum resources which allow more attention by the teacher to humanize learning and provide for needs.
Learning Counsel Distinctive Excellence Recognition In recognition of distinctive excellence with a teaching and learning redesign providing flexible use of spaces and schedules to artfully personalize learning for students.	Learning Counsel Hero Recognition In recognition of designing learning journeys that capitalize on togetherness with hands-on, discussions, and other activities while simultaneously leaning on expert digital curriculum to distribute and provide personalization analytics.
Learning Counsel Expo Meritorious Recognition In recognition of showing excellency in providing paths of learning in a perfected combination of in-person and virtual experiences that are completely personalized.

PAST SURVEY AWARDS LEVELS