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The EU GDPR at One Year – What Have We Learned?

As the  EU General Data Protection Regulation  (GDPR) reaches its first anniversary what have we learned, and what can we expect to see in the next 12 months? The answer to that question is pl...

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The Importance of a Personal Brand for the EdTech CEO

Make sure your EdTech personal brand positions you as a thought leader in the industry

The LC Staff

Target Attainment: Teachers are No Longer the Target

“Target attainment” is such a military term, wouldn’t you agree?  We hear it in military movies, and sometimes from sales leaders.  The term makes us feel so  ruthless.  Like we must make whatev...

LeiLani Cauthen

The Five Biggest Problems in Ed-Tech Sales

The biggest problems in the Ed-tech sales space right now are as follows: You’re complex .  Schools and teachers want simple solutions. In the past, they had textbooks that helped give a sco...

LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher

School Attrition: The Shifting Tides of student Enrollment

One in four school-aged children currently do not attend a traditional public school. Even with all the positive changes being made by the dedicated men and women working in schools across our n...

Charles Sosnik, Learning Counsel Editor-In-Chief

3 Things Marketers should think about as the school year comes to a close

As we enter the homestretch of another school year, we also enter the homestretch of another buying cycle in the education market. This is the primary focus of nearly every sales and marketing t...

Jacob Hanson

Think You Are COPPA Compliant? Think Again!

The education landscape is constantly evolving with new learning environments, digital tools and a growing and complex set of federal and state regulations that govern student digital privacy. S...

Denise G. Tayloe

3 strategies to Get the Most out of Conference Season and Beyond

I am writing this as SXSWedu kicks off with a fantastic cast of speakers and sessions, and certainly no shortage of excitement from the thousands of attendees. While many of you may be attendi...

By Jacob Hanson

Just Who is the Decision-Maker Anyhow?

It’s among the most frequently asked questions in EdBiz. How do I identify the decision-maker? How can I determine the target for my marketing and scale my sales effort if I can’t identify the d...

By Charles Sosnik, Editor in Chief

Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

With more than 4 billion users now connected to the internet, 50% of the global population (Forbes, December 2018), it is not surprising that the education sector has embraced devices and softwa...

Jon Thomas, Spencer Wu, Woodside Capital Partners

Understanding the Unschooling Movement

The education market is crossing into the digital reality that other markets, like healthcare, insurance, and retail have already crossed. Typically, there are millions of small efforts by indiv...

LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher

Understanding the Digital Transition: Key Strategy Intelligence for 2019

Exclusive Sneak Preview of the Learning Counsel Digital Transition Strategy Survey

The LC Staff

Registration Survey Says

What Educators Want to Talk About Jan. 21, 2019   Learning Counsel’s national tour of Digital Transition Discussions is registering school executives from across the nation already for...

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An Ed-Tech Sweet Spot 2019

Professional Grade Labs in K12

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New EduJedi

What Does it Mean to Sign the Pact

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The Ed-Tech Industry Shuffle

There is a major shift in the ed-tech market’s behavior.  Schools and districts have crashed into the overwhelming complexity of software offerings and integrations.  This is causing slows and u...

LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher

Polar Bears & 2018 Ed-Tech Sales Target Attainment

“Target attainment” is such a military term, wouldn’t you agree?  We hear it in military movies, and sometimes from sales leaders.  The term makes us feel so ruthless. Like we must make whatev...

LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher

Education Impact Symposium 2017

The Learning Counsel Speaks with SIIA About EdTech Impacts and Trends

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"This Train Is Coming!"

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Stop Freaking Out about Ed-Tech Funding

Companies and schools have been saying they’re “worried” about the future of Education because of budget-slashing happening at the Federal level.  Let’s stop freaking out, because really, the Fe...

LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher


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