Featured Articles
Why Teachers and Students Need to Learn about Their Brains in the Digital Age
For good and bad, technology changes our brains. But then again, so does every experience we have. Our brains develop (throughout life) in interaction with our environment. As one neuroscientist...
Betsy Hill
Reaching the End Point
Chapter 3 from The Consumerization of Learning Reaching the End Point Is there an end point of the digital transformation for institutional education? There is an end point,...
LeiLani Cauthen, Author, The Consumerization of Learning
How to Focus on the Student in Your Digital Transition
If you are new to the Learning Counsel, we are a research institute and news media hub, focused on providing context for the shift in education to digital curriculum. The membership is made ...
The LC Staff
ThinkCERCA Founder and CEO Eileen Murphy Buckley: Teaching Analytical Learning Skills
In 2012, CEO Eileen Murphy Buckley founded ThinkCERCA, an online platform for personalized literacy instruction including all four core subjects–ELA, Social Studies, Science, and Math. A pro...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
I’d Rather Have Two Fast Nickels than One Slow Paradigm.
So what is a paradigm anyway? The short answer is a widely-held set of beliefs, a philosophical or theoretical framework from which to understand, interpret and act on data and events. In the ...
Charles Sosnik, Learning Counsel Editor-In-Chief
Machine Learning and the Power of Deliberate Practice
Senator Howard Stephenson is a force of nature. He has spent more than 26 years as a state senator in Utah. And now at age 68, he is playing a pivotal role in his state’s digital transformat...
The LC Staff
Vernier Software & Technology: Coding and STEM Education Engages Students in Problem-Solving Activities
David Vernier and his wife Christine Vernier founded Vernier Software & Technology 38 years ago before the concept of educational technology ever existed. David spent several years as a Phys...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
An Epic Road Trip
Chapter 2, T he Consumerization of Learning An Epic Road Trip Fear and Disbelief I have been working non-stop on a nationwide tour of eighty seven cities, speaking about what is...
LeiLani Cauthen, Author, The Consumerization of Learning
School Design Panel Discusses Digital Transition
Digital Leaders Share Strategies for Digital Success Late last year, the Learning Counsel featured a group of important panel discussions as part of their 2018 National Gathering in Hous...
The LC Staff
The Blur
This is Chapter 6, The Blur, from The Consumerization of Learning. In the last few cities of our ongoing Digital Curriculum Discussions, there have been more varied forms of schools...
LeiLani Cauthen, Author, The Consumerization of Learning
Beyond Bandwidth & Barriers
Dr. Mark Benigni has been the superintendent at Meriden Public Schools in Meriden, Connecticut for over nine years. In that time, he has led the district to remarkable growth, not in student...
The LC Staff
Consumer Awareness
Chapter 14: Consumer Awareness from The Consumerization of Learning Most educators, along with growing numbers of families and students, are aware of screen learning options. They’ve been ...
LeiLani Cauthen, Author, The Consumerization of Learning
Big League School Remodel: Systems vs. Silo Thinking
Lenny Schad is the Chief Technology Information Officer at Houston Independent School District. He is considered one of the greatest minds in P-12 education when it comes to information tech...
The LC Staff
Impero Software: From Parliament to Achieving Educational Objectives
Appointed CEO of Impero Software in 2018, Richard Fuller was born and raised in the United Kingdom in a town called Bedford of Bedfordshire. After graduating college, Fuller began his career a...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
A Mindset for Transformation, not just Turn-Around Strategy
The mindset for school transformation is not the turn-around strategies for schools of old. “As you go through transformation, there are some things in schools that need to die,” said Dr. Paul ...
Doug Cauthen, Editor-in-Chief, Learning Counsel
Edthena: Improving Education by Video Analyzing Teachers
Edthena assists school districts in professional development by using the platform to promptly and smoothly upload videos of a teacher’s classroom instruction. The teachers review and share th...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
Digital Transition Discussion Recap – San Antonio, TX January 15, 2019
The Learning Counsel event in San Antonio, TX started with a new Learning Counsel research-based market briefing covering the use and saturation of student devices, K12 hardware spend, teach...
Doug Cauthen, Editor-in-Chief
The World of Work (WOW): Students Aligning Careers with Education
The Cajon Valley Union School District’s vision is "Happy Kids, Engaged in Healthy Relationships, on a Path to Gainful Employment," and that is how the World of Work initiative started. ...
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
