Featured Articles
E-learning Methods Intertwined with the Principles of UDL. Can it Address Accessibility?
While E-learning has really gained traction in the last 30 years with the advent of the Internet, the concept of remote learning has been present in our society for much longer. One of the ea...
Joe Ferraro
AI Calendaring is Breaking the By-Age Whole Group Pattern
We need you to contact us if you agree that a solution mentioned in this article should be explored. When we say, “breaking the by-age whole groupings,” you probably think of self-paced on...
LC Staff
Modern Challenges Facing District IT Leaders — and How Comprehensive EdTech Can Help
As students learn to navigate VPNs, proxies, and generative AI tools at alarming rates, K-12 IT teams are playing a more nuanced role in promoting digital safety and wellbeing. At the same ti...
Harrison Parker
Math Anxiety & Learning Difficulties: Expert Tips For Addressing the US Math Crisis
Math proficiency has been dropping in the US since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more children struggling to perform basic math tasks. Not only are children as young as six ex...
Jessica Kaminski
Empowering K-12 Students Through Strategic Technological Integration
In an increasingly digital world, preparing students to thrive in the future workforce is a priority that schools can no longer afford to sideline. The integration of technology into the clas...
Adam Sandman
The Crossroads of AI vs. Human Teaching
Dear Everyone in Education, I’m boldly going to just ask for your help. I know I’m not the only one who thinks we will always need human teachers in K12 learning. Yet some AI experts think th...
LeiLani Cauthen
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
