Featured Articles
The Youth Mental Health Crisis is Very Real: Here’s What to Do
The United States Surgeon General declared a state of emergency for youth mental health in December 2021. Youth mental health has been a trending topic in the news this past year. With all th...
Tamara Fyke
Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent at Cajon Valley Union School District
The Truth is Out There. Let’s Just Make Sure This Time the Kids Win. Dr. David Miyashiro may not be your typical school superintendent. For one thing, he speaks his mind. Unabashedly. For anot...
Doug Cauthen
Orange County Administrator Panel Discussion: Speaking to Lessons Learned
According to many of the people who attend the Learning Counsel’s Learning Leadership Symposia, the Administrator Panel Discussion is the icing on the cake, a chance for some of the area’s mos...
Doug Cauthen
5 Ways Science Enhances Life Skills
Do you remember a favorite Science teacher or Science class in high school or college? I have fond memories of different teachers who taught Science in a fun, witty, and engaging manner. Wa...
Robyn Shulman
Chicago Learning Leadership Symposium: Amplified Personal Learning and Student Outcomes
Presented by Dr. Paul O’Malley, Superintendent of Butler School District 53 and Ray Harth, Chief Executive Officer at the Heliox Group
Doug Cauthen
Chicago Administrators Panel Discussion: Focusing on the Elements of Success
If you are familiar with the Learning Counsel’s Learning Leadership Symposia, you know that it consists of a region’s best and brightest education leaders coming together for some of the natio...
Doug Cauthen
From TTHWADI to HLLC, thanks in part to NBPNSPP: All to benefit TTTWCS
It is hard to believe this school year is almost half over. It feels as though it is literally flying by. After next week, we have Thanksgiving week. And then two more weeks after that, we pul...
Charles Sosnik
5 Ways for Rural Schools to Get the Most out of a Districtwide Communications Platform
Our rural school district operates from a single campus, but that doesn’t make school-home communications any easier. With 1,500 students across grades K-12, we were previously using a blend o...
Stephanie Hinds
Take My Crutches. Please
A 17-year-old high-school student recently walked into a high-stakes test without the accommodations that he had received for years. This was not an arbitrary administrative decision; it was hi...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Matters of Principal: Committing to Monitoring
At this point of the school year, initial plans have been partially, if not fully, implemented. Mere implementation, however, most definitely does not ensure desired impact. It is now incumbent ...
Jamie Bricker and Jack Barclay
Undercover Threats in K-12 Schools: Ransomware
As digital learning possibilities expand, school districts have become major ransomware targets. Throughout 2021, 162 school districts were the target of a cyber incident, and for the first ti...
Rick Vanover
Reading in your free time: 6 enjoyable books for teachers
After a long day at work, unwind with a book. Alternatively, make the most of your free time on weekends and holidays. Here are some novels that we think you would like and those we've read and ...
Lucy Sanders
How to Become That Teacher
One of the attributes of a great teacher is the ability to open up new possibilities for their students. Every young person deserves to feel empowered to pursue opportunities, but students can’t...
Abby Dorsey
In a youth mental health crisis, we need to leverage remote work to retain clinicians
Last year, a national state of emergency in children’s mental health was declared by leading children’s health authorities, and there is a nationwide shortage of educators in schools who are equ...
Kate Eberle Walker
Using Online Learning to Build Global Awareness
Understanding diverse cultures and perspectives is essential for high school students as they prepare for careers in our increasingly global society. One of the best ways for students to experie...
Carol DeFuria
Navajo Nation Hit Hard with COVID-Related Issues
No running water or electricity? Sound like a third world country? No, it’s a fact of life for many on the Navajo reservation (about 37 percent of the Navajo Nation residents). This means the im...
Welda Simousek
Time for Your Mid-point Check-in
For many districts in the country, it is Fall Break, which marks the halfway point in the semester and a perfect time for a check-in. Perhaps, check-ins are new for you. We can be accustomed to ...
Tamara Fyke
Bringing Back the Joy of Teaching
On last year’s last day, many teachers packed up their classrooms, closed their doors, and said goodbye – for good. When schools closed throughout the country for the past few years, teacher...
Robyn Shulman, M.Ed.
Digital Citizenship: A Call to Educate and Prepare Learners
We live in unprecedented times of great digital advances and innovation. Technology is moving and changing rapidly across the world while connecting us in unforeseen ways. Today’s youth are digi...
Robyn Shulman, M.Ed.
Timing is Everything
I read a piece in one of the weekly education publications; a superintendent had been quoted warning of the funding cliff coming in two years. This supe seemed to be making the best of it, not s...
Charles Sosnik
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.
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
Hybrid Logistics Security
