Featured Articles
Courage, Cowardice, COVID-19 & Podcasts
Ivory Soap? Yes, but first courage and cowardice points leading to one of the great stories that New York’s famed Mad Men helped spawn back in the Great Depression. Courage is a confidence of...
LeiLani Cauthen
Secretary DeVos Launches New Grant Competition to Spark Student-Centered, Agile Learning Opportunities to Support Recovery from National Emergency
States can compete for more than $300 million to rethink education by creating flexible K-12 models, developing postsecondary tools that aid economic recovery
The LC Staff
What Does the User Interface Tell You About the Learning Value of a Game?
The user interface is more than just the skin that allows us to interact with an educational game. It can also be a window into that game’s learning value. User interfaces (UIs) are a bit of...
Alesha Arp
3D Printing Safety 101: How schools can safely use 3D printers in the classroom
3D printers have become a valuable tool in K-12 classrooms because they inspire creativity and problem-solving by bringing students’ ideas and designs to life. 3D printers engage students, provi...
Dr. Marilyn Black
The Importance of Mental and Emotional Awareness
Now that the initial shock of a health crisis ravaging our nation has set in, it is time to consider a sweeping change in the way we support our school communities in mental and emotional wellne...
Jill Brown
10 Best Online Assessment Software for Teachers In 2020
Teachers have become more and more interested in online assessment software solutions. These tools can help teachers automate grading, identify knowledge gaps, and improve learning materials. ...
Angela White
How to Help Students Overcome Test Anxiety
Historically, standardized testing has always been a widely used tool in schools around the world. However, this method isn't exactly perfect, and states such as Georgia have began lowering th...
Carol Henry
Don’t Let Your Students’ Education Die from Embarrassment
Do you remember how it felt to be a teenager? You yearned so much for independence as your hormones and emotions were careening throughout your body like a Bally pinball machine. You were so sel...
Charles Sosnik
Learning in the Year 2040: Looking Forward, Acting Now!
What will the future of education look like, and how do we get there? What and how should future generations learn? How should training and education help learners prepare for a workforce that p...
Ryan L Schaaf
It’s Time to Release Control in Education
For years we have debated the role of technology in education. Given the pandemic, we are inarguably here, embracing a new reality of K-12 education. Districts have been scrambling to provide de...
Tamara Fyke
Human Nature & Schools After COVID-19
There is a certain sector of tech companies and big investment houses touting that things for schools are “not coming back to normal.” They are right in one respect, but wrong in a much larger r...
LeiLani Cauthen
When Schools Reopen and Children Return, will Schools be Prepared?
The Corona virus has disrupted the lives of children and adults alike around the world. It has had a tremendous impact on the lives of children who may not understand what is happening. Children...
Frank Schargel
Educators on the Front Lines Share What’s Working
Beginning on April 2 nd , the EduJedi Leadership Society members have been gathering in virtual meetings as panelists for discussions about the national emergency and how they are all facing...
The LC Staff
Why You Should Care about the Cares Act
$30.75 Billion. That sounds like a lot of money. Included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that Congress passed, approximately $30,750,000,000.000 was appropriated for e...
Charles Sosnik
What’s Going to Happen with K12 Education?
(April 7, 2020) Schools, Districts and companies selling to them have questions, and forebodings. There are two lines of thought: In the Fall, things will get back to normal. Then in about ...
LeiLani Cauthen
Advice for the Newly Remote
Recently, the world changed. It’s a new reality for everyone, especially those of you who are working from home for the first time . The most important thing you can do is to establish an off...
Charles Sosnik
Making Adjustments to the Normal Routine
Like all of us, over the past few weeks I have been monitoring the CoVid-19 pandemic and making adjustments to my daily routine for both work and home. What I’ve noticed in these first few days ...
Tamara Fyke
Throwing the CEO a Lifeline
Earlier today I saw an email asking CEOs what they are doing to throw their employees a lifeline. As a CEO, this topic warms my heart, but if I’m honest it’s only halfway heartwarming for me. I ...
Edgar Blunt
Learning Doesn’t Have to Be Held Back by VGA
The Latest Wireless Presentation Technology Allows VGA-Equipped Classrooms to Take Full Advantage of HDMI and Create State-of-the-Art Learning Opportunities
Bob Wudeck
Going Virtual Overnight: 4 Questions for Administrators to Ask
Schools and districts are calling the Learning Counsel asking for advice on what to do given they must shut down. We’ve developed this questionnaire so you can quickly analyze the direction to g...
LeiLani Cauthen
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
