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Thoughts

Two Years after the Pandemic, Our Students are Still MIA

Back in the 70s, as a result of the Vietnam War, we had hundreds (and possibly thousands) of our soldiers that were Missing in Action. I remember those days well. In fact, I wore a POW/MIA br...

Charlie Warhaftig

Research

Report: The Case for Systemic AI Literacy

This past January, I conducted a survey of high school students (the “students,” or “future workforce”) so I could learn more of what their self-aware level of AI proficiency is; how they fee...

Angelo Biasi

Share to Care

Banishing Failure with Personalized and Project-Based Learning

What school and teacher is not trying to banish learning failure? Well, when I spoke to Glen Taylor, the Co-CEO of Centric Learning, a former educator and passionate change-agent, I was st...

LeiLani Cauthen

Perspective

Think Educators Can Only Manage Classrooms and Not Companies? Think Again!

As much progress as we’re making in so many ways as a populace and a planet, there are still some outdated assumptions that underlie any culture and shape a society’s mindset. Here in our cou...

Michael Kaufman

Perspective

AI Literacy: The Newest 21st Century Competency

In a world where the only constant is change, education and workforce development must not only keep pace but anticipate and lead into the future with clear intent. This sentiment has never ...

Angelo Biasi

Ideas

Making Science of Reading Stick: 7 Lessons for Transforming K-12 Literacy

I started my career as a special education teacher in the 1980s and taught students how to read using science-of-reading concepts—although we didn’t refer to it in that way back then. When I ...

Janine Walker-Caffrey

Tactics

Schools, get Control of your Narrative with a Unified Communications Platform

District-related news and updates can quickly turn into games of telephone if you let them. Even a minor event can set the rumor mill spinning out of control, and a major one can really get t...

Dr. Mike McGown

Innovation

What Rapid Sharing Made Seriously Easy in Your Classroom Will Do to Bolster Human Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence

It’s about time. I’ve been longing for this. What was it about the early days of digitally sharing via screens that was soooo much harder than just whipping out a goose-necked overhead an...

LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher

Ideas

Exploring Assistive Technologies for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

The education sector is seeing a growing need and demand for assistive technologies in learning to accommodate students with disabilities. Deaf and hard-of-hearing students are a major gro...

Ruby Doherty

Perspective

How Strong Libraries Build Strong Schools

When it comes to building strong literacy skills, school leaders often overlook one fundamental element: strong libraries. I confess I was once that type of school leader. I undervalued lib...

Dr. Mike Daria

Ideas

The Ripple Effect of Good Mentoring

As a former mentor, I understand the impact that quality mentoring can have not only on new teachers but the whole school community. The research on teacher retention and working conditions (s...

Brooke Will

Thoughts

Ignite an Innovative Mindset in Kids

Today’s children are unlike any other generation, having navigated the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have shown resilience and adaptability—qualities essential for scientists and inno...

Namita Gandhi

Perspective

Understanding Cognitive Processing Speeds on Life’s Learning’s Highway

Cognitive processing speed (or simply processing speed) is the speed at which we can take in information and respond. Processing speed varies among individuals just like other cognitive skills ....

Betsy Hill and Roger Stark

Research

The Future of K12 Education, so you can Prepare for It: Public Education is Set to Lose 16 Million Enrollments by 2030

Thousands of data points go into how models can be built to make any sort of prediction. Learning Counsel, as a media and research organization, has a ten-year history of predicting how the threa...

LC Staff

Ideas

Teaching ELA Beyond the Novel

As a teacher trainer, I know the challenge of creating an English language arts (ELA) curriculum that keeps students engaged while helping them learn key concepts. One way to do this is to teach ...

Hannah Roudebush

Thoughts

Students Can Prepare for a Career in AI and Cybersecurity

As technology continues to reshape our world, the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity stand out as critical areas requiring skilled professionals. For students aiming to thri...

Frank Cicio

Perspective

Finding Success with Online Tutoring

One of the greatest benefits that technology has afforded us is the ability to provide truly personalized educational experiences for all students. At IEM schools, families work directly with one...

Angie Covil

Thoughts

3 Free Resources Empowering Responsible Digital Citizenship for Students

I am getting ready to begin my third year as the Technology Explorations Teacher at Allegheny Valley School District. As I have worked to establish my curriculum, one of the topics that I find my...

Alexis Teitelbaum

Perspective

Forget the 4-day School Week – a New Flex Learning is the Solution to Attrition, the Teacher Shortage and Learning Loss

More than 2,100 public schools in 25 states have switched to a four-day school week, often in hopes of recruiting teachers, saving money and boosting student attendance, researchers estimate . ...

LeiLani Cauthen

Perspective

Ensuring Transparency with Education Savings Account Programs

The number of states with education choice programs has been trending progressively upward over the last two years, with at least 36 states having considered education savings account (ES...

Sarah Raybon


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...