Featured Articles
Learning Counsel Regional In-Person Events Are Back!
After an almost two-year Hiatus, Learning Counsel Regional Digital Transition Events are back and on-location. And even though attendance was high for our virtual events, attendees still lon...
The LC Staff
Hands-on Math with Howie: Teaching with Toys
If you caught my previous post, you know this is your place to grab free original math projects you can use with your elementary students. All these projects rank extremely high on our Fun Me...
Howie Templer
The Importance of Out of School Time
According to ExpandED a nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap by increasing access to enriched education experiences, middle-class kids, by sixth grade, will have likely spent around...
Joshua Sneiderman
Keeping the Gifted Alive
Every time I read about yet another school system eliminating support for “gifted” students, I have the same sad thought: “Bad for kids, good for business.” While this trend of eliminating gi...
Richard Rusczyk
These Administrators are Awesome
Pandemic year two, 2021, was rough but administrators in K12 were resilient and amazing. While currently inviting another round of amazing administrators for 2022, the Learning Counsel tha...
The LC Staff
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management
As K-12 continues its journey down the path of digital transformation, one top priority of many medium to large districts is enhancing the learning experience, while improving cybersecurity, acr...
Gavin McKelvey
Invest in educators and support learning recovery with PD
A new resource from the U.S. Department of Education has provided guidance for ways districts can use American Rescue Plan ESSER funding to address the impact of lost instructional time on und...
Niva Vega-Claussen
How Can Video Reflection Support Culturally Responsive Teaching? We Asked Zaretta Hammond
The spotlight on culturally responsive teaching may feel amplified by the cultural zeitgeist, but, in fact, strong research about brain function and how students learn is what makes this such an...
Adam Geller
Gamification & Game-Based Learning in EdTech: Mechanics and Dynamics
The number one reason for the huge popularity of educational games and gamifying educational solutions is likely to be the entertainment factor; well-designed game mechanics greatly increase st...
Krista-Lotta Ojanen
The Four Pillars of School Policing at Round Rock ISD Keep Student Wellbeing at the Center
In Austin, we have an area called the Sixth Street entertainment district where people go for entertainment and nightlife. And at our police department, which serves nearly 50,000 students in Ro...
Jeffrey Yarbrough and Amy Grosso
Grades and The KISS Principle
Grades… few topics in education spurn debates, emotions, and strong views like grades. People have opinions. We get that. There are many ways to view and understand grades. Different philosoph...
Kevin Dorsey & Zach Vander Veen
Hands-on Math with Howie: Candy Calculations
Welcome to the first in a series of posts featuring fun, hands-on math projects you can do with your elementary math students. Each of these projects can be done with a minimum of fuss and expen...
Howie Templer
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management As K-12 continues its journey down the path of digital transformation, one top priority of many medium to large districts is e...
Gavin McKelvey
In Math Class, Rigor = Fun
It’s time to get serious about math in school. Math needs to be much more challenging, much more focused, much more rigorous. And that means it’s time we let kids play . Wait… play? What happ...
Peter Meyerhoff, PhD
Neuroscience, the Pandemic and the U.S. Education System
“We stand on the threshold of important new advances in neuroscience that will yield increased understanding of brain functioning and the way we learn. How we use this new information to teach...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Head in the Cloud? Overcoming the Great Resignation through Technological Investment in Education
According to November Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from September 2020 to September 2021, the education sector experienced about 3.3 million employee resignations. These numb...
Brandy Keller
The New Year and the Fine Art of Complaining
Some people just love to complain. You know them or maybe you are one of them. In an article in the New York Times Opinion section, Samantha Irby claimed, “To complain is to truly be alive.” For...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
School Leaders: Solve Your Big Problems by Listening to These Three People
Editor’s Note: This article first published in 2017. But like the old adage states, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just so happens, this article is particularly relevant n...
Joe Deaton
Aligning Literacy Curriculum Across the District
A rural district successfully aligned its literacy curriculum across grades and content areas amid a pandemic to improve student growth.
Michelle Robinette
Gamification and Game-Based Learning in EdTech: How to Start Designing a Great Product
There are many ways to start designing a game. You may have your mind set on a cool mechanic , like pinning teams against each other in a fun multiplayer environment. Or you wish to share a c...
Krista-Lotta Ojanen and Saila Juuti
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
