Featured Articles
How Song-Writing and Music Technology Inspires Learning in Kids in Juvenile Detention Settings
The more than 60,000 young people that are incarcerated in secure facilities, residences and group homes are learning in alternative-education settings designed to keep them in school or prepare...
Kat Crawford
Want to Organize Your Digital Assets?
When it comes to digital assets, I have found that almost universally schools do not know what they have. Inventory controls are minimal when it comes to digital curriculum for a very good reaso...
LeiLani Cauthen
Googling Education - Is Student Data Really Private with Google?
Remember when Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of Google, went public in 2004? I remember thinking that the initial price of $85 per share seemed a little high. In retrospect, the only o...
Charles Sosnik
How Math Class Can Prepare Students for the Jobs of the Future
By creating a community of learners that talks through possible solutions and values productive struggle, math teachers can help create a generation of independent thinkers.
Brittany Goerig
A Well-Informed School Board—and Public—Are the Best Tools for Successful Rezoning
Redrawing the boundaries of a school district can be an emotionally fraught experience for everyone involved. Empowering your school board and community with data helps ensure a smooth process.
Eric Wells
Grit, Growth Mindset and the Backlash against Both
Grit, perseverance, fortitude, tenacity, resilience, persistence, stick-to-it-iveness, backbone, pluck, moral fiber, stamina, spunk... We have a lot of words for what it takes to do hard things...
Betsy Hill
Teachers: Avoid Burnout, Enable Equity by Managing Parents’ Expectations
When parents and teachers work together, students win. As a 2018 report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has shown in great detail, “family engagement is one of the most powerful pred...
Vlada Lotkina
Understanding Education in the Age of Innovation
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series from renowned innovation expert John Kao Sometime around 1830, the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created his most memorable ar...
John Kao
Education Technology at Scale: Overcoming the Challenges of Big District Delivery
Interview with Charles Sosnik, Learning Counsel Editor Connie Kolosey, Ed.D. is the Director of Media, Text and Digital Learning for the Pinellas School District in Florida. Like many ...
The LC Staff
Cultivating Creative Classrooms
Young children enter school full of curiosity and wonder, but for far too many learners this unbridled enthusiasm for discovery is systemically stifled throughout their educational journey. Tea...
Jamie Bricker
Teaching Mathematics: Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die
Why do so many students leave school hating math, vowing never to take it again? Why do so many adults tell me they struggled with math and were so glad when “it was over?” Why do so many parent...
Rick Wunderlich
In the Flow: Striking a Balance Between Challenging and Motivating Students
Keeping students engaged in their learning for an average of seven hours a day and 180 days a year is no easy feat. Every day, teachers work to create optimal learning experiences that help st...
Martha Burns, Ph.D.
Personalized Literacy is Closing the Achievement Gap
When I joined Clay Charter Academy, there were just two weeks left in the school year. That was enough time to learn that 49 percent of our students were below grade-level in reading, and th...
Talya Taylor
Learning in the Age of Disruption
Editor’s Note: This is Part Two of a New Monthly Series, The Brief History of the Future of Education. If You Missed Part One, You Can Read it Here . Change: Nothing Stays the Same...
Ryan L Schaaf
PublicSchoolWORKS CEO Steve Temming, Ph.D.
Simplifying School Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
Leadership Equity: Q and A with Superintendent Dr. A. Katrise Perera, Gresham-Barlow Schools
Dr. A. Katrise Perera is a self-proclaimed life-long learner with nearly 25 years of service to learning communities and almost 19 in an education leadership capacity. She is an innovative a...
The LC Staff
Discussing the State of Actionable Data in American Education (Part Two)
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a discussion held during a nationwide virtual meeting. If you missed part one, you can read it here . As part of the continuing series on Knowstory L...
The LC Staff
Education’s Moonshot: Doubling Student Achievement
Editor’s note: This is part one of a four-part series. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed that America would go to the moon. Such a wildly audacious statement was so far out...
Sonny Magana
How Technology will Alter the Teaching Profession: The roles will change, but not their importance
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of glimpses into the possible future of education. Everything changes. And Technology changes everything. In education like everywhere else, the ...
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher
Bob Lenz, CEO PBLWorks: Student Retention Through Project Based Learning
Bob Lenz became CEO of Buck Institute for Education PBLWorks in 2015. Before taking on his role at PBLWorks, his familiarity with Project Based Learning (PBL) matured as the co-founder of E...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
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
