Featured Articles
Transitioning to Online Curriculum in Central Texas
If some educators feel that transformation is minimizing their craft, here’s a fresh look at taking the classroom back with digital and online curriculum
Mike Saenz
What’s Hot & What’s Not in Education’s Digital Transition
Over a warm cup of coffee and a fabulous breakfast at the trendy Marathon Grill in Philadelphia, the Learning Counsel met with some of our fav’s from education and some partners straight outta t...
LeiLani Cauthen
Education as Media
If “Content is King” then Your Learning Platform Should be its Queen…
Tom Winterstein
Re-thinking Failure
If failure, in one way or another, is unavoidable, isn’t it time to rethink our education system, to redesign our curricula, and to embrace failure instead of stigmatizing it?
Allison Segeren
Technology is Smoothing Teacher Hiring
Technology and digitalization isn’t just helping in the classroom. Miami-Dade is using it to ensure all schools have equal access to high quality applicants, and to streamline the hiring process
Lauren O’Mara
Summer School—Digital Style
How one school is solving the timeless dilemma of student willingness and involvement and is making summer school count for each child
Rachel Norris
What’s Wrong with SAMR in Education?
Does SAMR continue to meet the need of describing the depth and breadth of change needed in education today?
LeiLani Cauthen
5 Questions to Ask If You Are Struggling with Your Flipped Class
The success of any initiative—including personalizing the classroom—relies on the professional development and resources educators receive
Aaron Sams, M.A.Ed & Jon Bergmann
Gamification & The New Education Paradigm
The shift from “Should I use games?” to “What makes a game effective?”
Suzi Wilczynski
The Need for Speed
Bandwidth in Public Schools: Superintendents Share Best Practices on District Infrastructure and Upgrading Your Network
Nell Hurley
Education Transformation End-Point: The Age of Experience
Where are we headed, anyway? What is the end-point of the digital transformation for K-12 education? The Learning Counsel has been in fifteen metro areas so far in 2014 meeting with public an...
LeiLani Cauthen
Five Key Lessons in Common Core Readiness
As students complete the first round of high-stakes tests aligned with the Common Core standards, what can school and district leaders learn from the process that can help them better prepare fo...
Dennis Pierce
Tech and Why Teaching Writing is Critical for Reading
As teachers and schools address transitioning to digital, it's important to seize the chance to upgrade teaching and learning. Enhanced writing skill is one way to speed greater achievement
Dr. Marion Blank
STEM and Project Based Learning, a Perfect Pair!
PBL develops the critical thinking and problem solving skills that Common Core State Standards emphasize and that students need for success in college, career, and life.
Emily Garner Sumner
The Learning Counsel Awards the Alabama State Board of Education's ALEX Program
Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required. At the January 14, 2015 Alabama State Board of Education Meeting, Dr. David Kafitz, Vice President of School Relations and Consultin...
Cebron Walker
Catching At-Risk Students
Virtual Learning Prepares High Schoolers for Graduation and Life
Dennis Pierce
Read. Grow. Repeat.
How one school district in Georgia is creating motivated readers and learners through their strategy for digital transformation—and saving significant time and money in the process
Teri Harris
Top 10 U.S. Schools to Win Awards for Moving to Digital Curriculum
The Learning Counsel and T-Mobile honor these schools and districts for advancing digital content in their schools and communities
LeiLani Cauthen
Calling for the End of “Mc”Report Cards
A better, new 4-Part Report Card would have a human side. New technology may be just the ticket to bring back good ol’ fashioned teacher care and attention and parental involvement
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
