Featured Articles
"This Train Is Coming!"
Podcast with LeiLani Cauthen on the Education Industry
The LC Staff
Stop Freaking Out about Ed-Tech Funding
Companies and schools have been saying they’re “worried” about the future of Education because of budget-slashing happening at the Federal level. Let’s stop freaking out, because really, the Fe...
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
Engaging, adaptive practice for pre-K through 12th grade math and language arts
Formats: App for iOS and Android tablet devices
The LC Staff
pivotEd supports teacher-led instruction and allows students to explore and share ideas
Formats: Website and app for iOS devices
The LC Staff
Accelerating the Transition to Digital Teaching and Learning at Michigan's Dundee Community Schools
Combination of Award-Winning Digital Content and Sustained Professional Development Supports District’s Efforts to Create Modern Leaning Environments
The LC Staff
Accelerating Digital Conversion Districtwide in Utah’s Wasatch County Schools
Award-Winning Digital Resources Combined with Professional Development to Strengthen District’s Five-Year 1:1 Teaching and Learning Strategy
The LC Staff
Creating Digital Education Environments Districtwide at Oxnard Union
Engaging Digital Content and Powerful Professional Development Initiative from Discovery Education to Empower Educators to Create Unique Digital Teaching and Learning Experiences for all Students
The LC Staff
PowerSchool Turns Twenty
A Celebration of Ten-Thousand Years of K-12 Knowledge and Experience
Cebron Walker
Kids Discover Releases 25 New Social Studies Titles
Arriving in time for back to school, the new print and digital K–8 content will cover topics in history, geography, and the legal system
The LC Staff
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Named 2017 SIIA CODiE Award Winner for Best Instructional Solution for English Language Learners
Global Learning Company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced that Escalate English , the intensive English language development (ELD) program designed to support students in grades 4-8, ...
The LC Staff
Houston ISD Receives Super-Hero Award from Learning Counsel
A first-of-its-kind award for a district who has multiple “firsts” in innovation
The LC Staff
HMH Receives Glowing Screen Award from Learning Counsel
The annual National Gathering was an occasion to celebrate top-tier digital curriculum solutions
The LC Staff
Minecraft: Education Edition Now Available!
Educators can now purchase the full version of the highly anticipated Minecraft: Education Edition
The LC Staff
Cross-Curricular Lesson Contest Announced
Educators are eligible to win free licenses and other prizes by creating their own lessons using Kids Discover Online content
The LC Staff
No Feedback Left Behind: New iPad App Features Dedicated Student Access and Enhanced Instructor Tools
Giving students and teachers quick access to resources that help students improve their writing
The LC Staff
Start the Year with Inspiring and Creative Learning Opportunities
‘Week of Inspirational Math’ provides teachers, parents and students with five days of free content-rich lessons and motivational videos
The LC Staff
Literacy Gains Among Rowan-Salisbury Schools Students Surge
In their first year with Achieve 3000, gains are above expectations across virtually all grades
The LC Staff
Reading Horizons Launches New Teacher Platform to Manage Blended Learning
New tool integrates digital curriculum and features lesson planning tools, PD resources, and a community forum
The LC Staff
Unlocking the Gate to Better Learning
To “ungate” in software is to allow a user to proceed to the next level or into a new section. In some software, gating is a way for teachers to lever up or hold back individual students so that...
LeiLani Cauthen
Reaching the End Point
Chapter 3 from The Consumerization of Learning Reaching the End Point Is there an end point of the digital transformation for institutional education? There is an end point,...
LeiLani Cauthen, Author, The Consumerization of Learning
How to Focus on the Student in Your Digital Transition
If you are new to the Learning Counsel, we are a research institute and news media hub, focused on providing context for the shift in education to digital curriculum. The membership is made ...
The LC Staff
This User Group Takes a Deep Dive into the School User Experience
The Learning Counsel is a research institute and news media hub headquartered in Sacramento. Its membership includes approximately 215,000 superintendents and assistant superintendents, technolo...
Charles Sosnik, Learning Counsel Editor
Viable Strategy Helps Students Learn by Doing
Meeting with Apex Learning CEO Cheryl Vedoe defined how creating the company's viable strategy is the utmost function in determining the success of an educational company. It is a strategy tha...
Kenna McHugh, Learning Counsel Writer
Where Education is Headed – April 17th San Jose, CA Market Briefing by LeiLani Cauthen, CEO, Learning Counsel
With this market briefing, LeiLani Cauthen, author of The Consumerization of Learning , and CEO of the Learning Counsel, kicks off the day of discussion with local San Jose, California school a...
Chris Kight, Video Editor, Learning Counsel
More Technology Equals More Learning, Right?
As I visit schools and districts, one thing consistently stands out: people like to talk about technology. A lot. Conversations about their digital conversion and the number of Chromebooks, iPad...
Dr. Hope Dugan
The 100+ Characteristics of Digital Curriculum
Welcome to greater understanding of what’s what in Ed-Tech! A group of interested working education executives continue to expand and refine these definitions of terms by joining the User I...
Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer
Aack! How Do Schools Keep This Up?
School District Sustainability Discussions Generate New Guide to Digital Transition
Cebron Walker, Editor
A DIY Teaching and Learning System
Second largest school system in Georgia bucks the LMS
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
What’s Hot & What’s Not Ed-Tech Scoop
Learning Counsel likes to share points we’ve learned or synthesized from our 30-city road-show tour and research. In San Antonio, we brought together a lot of our current readers for a good hot ...
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
Unlocking Your School District Transformation
Last Installment of Digital Transition Sustainability Tips
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
34 Digital Transition Sustainability Tips: Part III
Defining sustainable education transformation, your next installment
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
34 Digital Transition Sustainability Tips: Part II
The next installment of our five-part series on sustainability in education
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
How to Kindly Correct Your Students When They’re Dead Wrong
Three educators share their sustainable best practices for redirecting learning while still inspiring curiosity.
Nicole Galipeau, Dr. Janice Kelly, and Tammy Mangus
34 Digital Transition Sustainability Tips
Lessons for you, your institution and your networked community
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
Bringing Balance to School Transformation
Discussing plans for systemic change in Philadelphia
Learning Counsel Staff
Who cares about Eutaw, Alabama?
Let's do some big things for the little ones who are under-supported
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
Finding Quality Ed-Tech Tools for the Classroom
A Teacher Shares His Steps for Spotting the Good Stuff
Dave Blanchard
Letting Students Save the World
How Austin Independent School District is Taking Sustainability by the Horns
Darien G. Clary
Making Classrooms Mirror the Real World
Digital and Streaming Technology Help Students Better Connect with Learning
Dr. Donald White
Evaluating Digital Curriculum & Impacts
How to Speed Beyond Strategy and Into Tactics
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
National Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey Results Released
86% of Schools Expect to Spend More on Digital Curriculum in 2017
Learning Counsel Staff
Five Steps to Purchasing Online Instructional Materials
Helpful tips and solutions to obtain digital materials at best value for your district
Jackie Lain
Changing Classroom Instruction for Digital Curriculum
The Superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools Speaks on his Blueprint 2.0 Strategy
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
12 School Districts Honored for their Innovative Digital Curriculum Transition Strategies
The annual National Gathering was an occasion to celebrate success and connect ed tech leaders facing similar challenges
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
Rowan-Salisbury School System, Making the Transition
Academic and literacy success with a blend of digital curriculum courseware
Dr. Lynn Moody
Op-Ed: Dealing with Digital Resources Can Be Scary
The chilling twists that come with adopting devices and digital curriculum
Carl Hooker
Dallas County Celebrates September 29th as ‘Digital Equity Day’
Judge Joseph Miller lauds local educators for their work to transform education and bring equity to learning
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
Tri-State Discussion of Education Transformation
Education leadership met in New York City for a day of collaboration and transition strategy
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
Schools Don’t Want Technology—Schools want Curriculum
Why does having the latest technology often give us bigger headaches?
Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway
Fresno USD Serves up WiFi Enabled Buses
Technology move to bring equity and support students who have longer rides
Jedidiah Chernabaeff
The 3 Stages of Shift to Screen Learning
Executives juggle options as they confront the consumerization of education
LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher
Spotlights on Transformation
Transitioning to digital curriculum launches districts and schools into redesigning the classroom
Cebron Walker, Editor-in-Chief
The Future of Science Education Must Be Digital
The Next Generation Science Standards (and the jobs of tomorrow) require cross-curricular application of 21st-century tools.
Ted Levine
Afraid Your Students Have Too Much Screen Time?
Don’t pull the plug yet, digital tools might be critical to students’ academic success
Dr. Sally I’Anson
Do Augmented and Virtual Reality Have Real Educational Benefits?
Two educators share how immersive 3D models have helped them expand students’ horizons
The LC Staff
Anytime, Anywhere Access to Learning
Fitting all the pieces together for a successful tech-based personalized learning program
Christopher Piehler
What's So Hard About Choosing Digital Curriculum?
What’s so hard about choosing digital curriculum, you say? Time. 1. Time it takes to choose. 2. Time it takes to trial. 3. Time it takes to see if it works. Time is money, folks. So all ...
The LC Staff
Empowering Student Learning: Insights from the Digital Curriculum Product Trends Panel
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the integration of digital curriculum plays a pivotal role in shaping engaging and personalized learning experiences for students. The recent Pro...
Doug 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
