Featured Articles
How to Ensure that Rural Schools’ Cybersecurity is Not Forgotten
Many schools around the country are faced with the issues of outdated systems and a lack of expertise in crucial areas, leaving them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. This is doubly the case in rural ...
Charlie Sander
FASTalk: Disrupting the daily dialogue about what children learned today at school
As my first grader bounds off the school bus and we start the walk back to our house, I'll commonly ask, “What did you learn today?” And “nothing” is the response I get most often. The c...
Elisabeth O’Bryon, Ph.D.
Transforming Student Support in the Digital Age: Why Comprehensive MTSS Systems Play a Critical Role
From staffing shortages to the rise in the number of students experiencing anxiety and depression, schools face formidable challenges when it comes to delivering mental health support. A comprehe...
Jeremy Glauser
The Most Overlooked Reason for Teacher Burnout
Conversation around teacher burnout—a prevalent issue in education that severely impacts retention—often focuses on causes like class sizes, school violence, lack of funding, or other teacher wo...
Shannon Hazel
Educator Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) continues to receive increasing attention in the world of education. In our informal conversations with principals and teachers and parents, we hadn’t disc...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Coming Together to Imagine (and Realize) Deeper Learning
Our current model of education is based on an industrial model designed to serve the “average student,” No student is average, though, and Deeper Learning provides a more personal and engagi...
Dr. Jonah Schenker
Using Cognitive Assessments and Cognitive Training for Autism
Will this help my child? That is the question we always hear from parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis (ASD) when they come across our cognitive training and assessment progr...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
EdTech Intel: Overcoming AI's Biggest Roadblock
Empathy is crucial in the education sector to foster a multitude of gains. For one, teachers who show empathy can better grasp the needs and backgrounds of their students, enabling them to ad...
Angel Vossough
Ch, Ch, Changes: Turn and Face the Change
When I was a little girl, I remember the anticipation and frustration around Daylight Savings Time. It marked the end of the school year nearing, but it also meant that my brother and I were goin...
Tamara Fyke
Explore Social and Emotional Learning Opportunities in Art Class
Two former art educators share their keys to unlocking the collaborative potential of art projects.
Nadine Dresbach and Mary Reilly
The Second-Best Article of 2024 About Nurturing Curiosity in Math
When I taught high school math, I wish I spent more time creating the conditions that help students be more curious about math. I’m reminded of this every time I ask adults whether they remem...
Dr. Tim Hudson
Personalized Learning Revolution: How AI Tailors Educational Content for Every Student
Recent advances in AI technology have brought forth new possibilities for revolutionizing education through highly customized, adaptive learning platforms. AI-powered ed tech tools now allo...
Dev Nag
Should We “Teach” Executive Functions or “Teach about” Executive Functions?
In an article published in Education Week on March 1, education therapist Lexi Peterson says about executive functions: “If we treated these thinking skills as an essential part of the cur...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps
In the wake of the digital boom that echoed out from the pandemic era, schools have steadily been coming to grips with how to operate in a reality where devices are far more ubiquitous in cla...
Justin Reilly
AI and Education: What are the Goals?
In our lifetimes, the most important technological advancements may arguably include cellular phones, the internet, and digital payments, each revolutionizing how we communicate, access infor...
Kiran Kodithala
AI in Language Learning: Humans Still Hold the Key
Language learning is experiencing a revolution. Large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered apps are sprouting like digital mushrooms, promising fluency with just a few swipes and clicks. And the...
Dan Berges
Creating Cultures of Inquiry
During my first year of teaching, I had the misfortune of overhearing one of my students utter a phrase that every teacher dreads: “Mr. Hammill’s class is so boring!” I was crushed. I was new ...
Drew Hammill
How SEL Supports STEM Learning
From coding robots to 3D printing, STEM subjects can be challenging, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. They can also prepare students for various career paths, equipping them with concr...
Amanda Vaden
What Do We Mean by Cognitive Capacity?
We’ve been encountering the term “cognitive capacity” more and more often since we started to make the distinction between “cognitive ability” and “cognitive capacity” a few years ago. The re...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Using Data to Enhance the Academic Experience
One of the unfortunate realities of higher education is that not everyone who enters the academy leaves with a degree. The percentage of students who drop out and never receive a diploma vari...
Kiran Kodithala
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
