Featured Articles
Why Supplemental Educational Resources Are Critical to Educational Success
In the post-pandemic landscape of education, where the needs of learners are as diverse as the tools available to teach them, the importance of supplemental educational resources cannot be ov...
Lance Rougeux
Back to School Anxiety
Kids are starting to go back to school across the country, and it’s sparking anxiety for kids and parents. Here are some key tips for how families can ease back-to-school anxiety this year. ...
Stacy Thiry
Developing the Human Co-Intelligences to Balance AI
Learning Counsel research shows a marked need to advocate for schools developing all nine human intelligences instead of focusing largely on just two: mathematical-logical and linguistic. ...
LC Staff
Maximizing Early-Year Math: How Ka’umana Elementary School Has Accelerated Math Learning
Like most states, Hawaii has experienced significant challenges in recovering from the loss of instructional time during COVID-19. The results from state testing in 2022-23 indicated that 4...
Akemi Faria
Examining Learning Theories through the Science of Learning
Ever since human beings started passing down knowledge, we have had to make assumptions about how learning happens and how to teach so that learning occurs. And it must have been obvious from...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Banishing Failure with Personalized and Project-Based Learning
What school and teacher is not trying to banish learning failure? Well, when I spoke to Glen Taylor, the Co-CEO of Centric Learning, a former educator and passionate change-agent, I was st...
LeiLani Cauthen
Think Educators Can Only Manage Classrooms and Not Companies? Think Again!
As much progress as we’re making in so many ways as a populace and a planet, there are still some outdated assumptions that underlie any culture and shape a society’s mindset. Here in our cou...
Michael Kaufman
Two Years after the Pandemic, Our Students are Still MIA
Back in the 70s, as a result of the Vietnam War, we had hundreds (and possibly thousands) of our soldiers that were Missing in Action. I remember those days well. In fact, I wore a POW/MIA br...
Charlie Warhaftig
Report: The Case for Systemic AI Literacy
This past January, I conducted a survey of high school students (the “students,” or “future workforce”) so I could learn more of what their self-aware level of AI proficiency is; how they fee...
Angelo Biasi
Making Science of Reading Stick: 7 Lessons for Transforming K-12 Literacy
I started my career as a special education teacher in the 1980s and taught students how to read using science-of-reading concepts—although we didn’t refer to it in that way back then. When I ...
Janine Walker-Caffrey
AI Literacy: The Newest 21st Century Competency
In a world where the only constant is change, education and workforce development must not only keep pace but anticipate and lead into the future with clear intent. This sentiment has never ...
Angelo Biasi
Exploring Assistive Technologies for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
The education sector is seeing a growing need and demand for assistive technologies in learning to accommodate students with disabilities. Deaf and hard-of-hearing students are a major gro...
Ruby Doherty
What Rapid Sharing Made Seriously Easy in Your Classroom Will Do to Bolster Human Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence
It’s about time. I’ve been longing for this. What was it about the early days of digitally sharing via screens that was soooo much harder than just whipping out a goose-necked overhead an...
LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher
Schools, get Control of your Narrative with a Unified Communications Platform
District-related news and updates can quickly turn into games of telephone if you let them. Even a minor event can set the rumor mill spinning out of control, and a major one can really get t...
Dr. Mike McGown
How Strong Libraries Build Strong Schools
When it comes to building strong literacy skills, school leaders often overlook one fundamental element: strong libraries. I confess I was once that type of school leader. I undervalued lib...
Dr. Mike Daria
The Future of K12 Education, so you can Prepare for It: Public Education is Set to Lose 16 Million Enrollments by 2030
Thousands of data points go into how models can be built to make any sort of prediction. Learning Counsel, as a media and research organization, has a ten-year history of predicting how the threa...
LC Staff
The Ripple Effect of Good Mentoring
As a former mentor, I understand the impact that quality mentoring can have not only on new teachers but the whole school community. The research on teacher retention and working conditions (s...
Brooke Will
Understanding Cognitive Processing Speeds on Life’s Learning’s Highway
Cognitive processing speed (or simply processing speed) is the speed at which we can take in information and respond. Processing speed varies among individuals just like other cognitive skills ....
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Ignite an Innovative Mindset in Kids
Today’s children are unlike any other generation, having navigated the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have shown resilience and adaptability—qualities essential for scientists and inno...
Namita Gandhi
Students Can Prepare for a Career in AI and Cybersecurity
As technology continues to reshape our world, the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity stand out as critical areas requiring skilled professionals. For students aiming to thri...
Frank Cicio
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
