Featured Articles
Coming Together to Imagine (and Realize) Deeper Learning
Our current model of education is based on an industrial model designed to serve the “average student,” No student is average, though, and Deeper Learning provides a more personal and engagi...
Dr. Jonah Schenker
Ch, Ch, Changes: Turn and Face the Change
When I was a little girl, I remember the anticipation and frustration around Daylight Savings Time. It marked the end of the school year nearing, but it also meant that my brother and I were goin...
Tamara Fyke
Explore Social and Emotional Learning Opportunities in Art Class
Two former art educators share their keys to unlocking the collaborative potential of art projects.
Nadine Dresbach and Mary Reilly
EdTech Intel: Overcoming AI's Biggest Roadblock
Empathy is crucial in the education sector to foster a multitude of gains. For one, teachers who show empathy can better grasp the needs and backgrounds of their students, enabling them to ad...
Angel Vossough
Should We “Teach” Executive Functions or “Teach about” Executive Functions?
In an article published in Education Week on March 1, education therapist Lexi Peterson says about executive functions: “If we treated these thinking skills as an essential part of the cur...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Personalized Learning Revolution: How AI Tailors Educational Content for Every Student
Recent advances in AI technology have brought forth new possibilities for revolutionizing education through highly customized, adaptive learning platforms. AI-powered ed tech tools now allo...
Dev Nag
The Second-Best Article of 2024 About Nurturing Curiosity in Math
When I taught high school math, I wish I spent more time creating the conditions that help students be more curious about math. I’m reminded of this every time I ask adults whether they remem...
Dr. Tim Hudson
AI and Education: What are the Goals?
In our lifetimes, the most important technological advancements may arguably include cellular phones, the internet, and digital payments, each revolutionizing how we communicate, access infor...
Kiran Kodithala
How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps
In the wake of the digital boom that echoed out from the pandemic era, schools have steadily been coming to grips with how to operate in a reality where devices are far more ubiquitous in cla...
Justin Reilly
Creating Cultures of Inquiry
During my first year of teaching, I had the misfortune of overhearing one of my students utter a phrase that every teacher dreads: “Mr. Hammill’s class is so boring!” I was crushed. I was new ...
Drew Hammill
AI in Language Learning: Humans Still Hold the Key
Language learning is experiencing a revolution. Large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered apps are sprouting like digital mushrooms, promising fluency with just a few swipes and clicks. And the...
Dan Berges
How SEL Supports STEM Learning
From coding robots to 3D printing, STEM subjects can be challenging, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. They can also prepare students for various career paths, equipping them with concr...
Amanda Vaden
Using Data to Enhance the Academic Experience
One of the unfortunate realities of higher education is that not everyone who enters the academy leaves with a degree. The percentage of students who drop out and never receive a diploma vari...
Kiran Kodithala
What Do We Mean by Cognitive Capacity?
We’ve been encountering the term “cognitive capacity” more and more often since we started to make the distinction between “cognitive ability” and “cognitive capacity” a few years ago. The re...
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
A Brief Overview of Dual-Language Programs
Most people have heard about English language learning programs for ESL, Multilingual, and Bilingual students. However, did you know there is a program that embraces dual-language immersion? D...
Robyn D. Shulman
Tackling Teacher Retention: A Holistic Approach through Family Engagement and Technology
Hiring and retaining teachers is a top challenge facing education leaders today. A number of factors contribute to this challenge including emotional burnout, low pay, and poor working cond...
Elisabeth O’Bryon, Ph.D.
The Future of Schools Because of the Internet
It just seems like things are cracking up in schools with students leaving for alternatives in droves, an epic teacher shortage that has no end in sight, absenteeism, increasing violence on-cam...
LC Staff
The Rocky Relationship Between Data and Dignity
During my 40-plus years of integrating technology into business and education, the biggest obstacles were not faulty products or excessive costs, but the objections of people. Those same peop...
Joel Backon
Time to Embrace Nondegree Pathways: Awareness, Education, Acceptance
With declining college enrollment and a growing trend toward skills-based hiring, it’s not surprising that more and more young people are interested in more flexible and affordable postse...
Julie Lammers
Shared Office, Separate Tests: Why Collaboration is key in the Identification and Intervention for Children with Dyslexia
It may sound obvious, but it is important for school psychologists (SP) and speech language pathologists (SLP) to work together in the diagnosis of dyslexia, since they are both integral exam...
Andrew Shanock, PhD, NCSP
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
