By Edgar Blunt   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 pride myself on taking care of my team and for the first time in ...

Don’t go to jail for Ed-Tech. Quid pro quo dealing has serious consequences. By LeiLani Cauthen A number of organizations, some who are quasi-government entities and some who are for-profit companies, continue to create pay-to-play events in education. They pay superintendents to attend in a remarkable feat of unawareness of federal conflict-of-interest and bribery laws, ...

  By Mac Bogert   TANSTAAFL The industrial revolutions—mid 18th century, again in the early 19th century— arrived on waves of new technology. The invention of the steam engine and the sewing machine transformed work, but that’s not all—the technological bounce affected everything. For instance, concentrating population to aggregate workers in England was as transformational ...

  By Thom Markham   When I propose that it’s possible for teachers to transform education, usually I get pushback like this: “Teachers aren’t known as change agents; they complain but remain compliant even while disrespecting the system in which they work; they’re trained in instruction, not activism; inevitably, they will defend and deflect rather ...

  By Charles Sosnik The Learning Counsel conducts Digital Transition Discussion events regionally. At a recent event in our nation’s capital, an informal roundtable discussion was convened to identify the barriers teachers and administrators are facing as they move their districts along a continuum of digital transformation. “What we saw in every city this year ...

  At the Learning Counsel’s National Gathering in Dallas, three of the districts receiving top awards met in a panel to share their successes, their failures and their strategies for moving their districts along a digital transformation to enhance learning for every child. In this gathering of top award winners, the panelists stopped to reflect ...

  By Franklin Schargel The United States faces a serious educational crisis. Teachers are leaving the classroom almost as quickly as colleges and universities prepare them. Research indicates that while about 18 percent of students fail to graduate from high school, close to 50 percent of teachers leave within five years, including 17 percent of ...

  By Charles Sosnik Kudos to the team at FETC. Like many of you, I am a veteran of nearly one hundred education conferences and events over my lifetime. In just this past year, I found myself in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and Miami. All great cities. All great events. As I get older, I ...