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As much progress as we’re making in so many ways as a populace and a planet, there are still some outdated assumptions that underlie any culture and shape a society’s mindset.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