By LeiLani Cauthen   What might dynamic pairings of people and learning content do for education? This is the question I am posing as I gather my thoughts and the material for my new book.  As your mind conflates the concepts you relate with schools with the concepts of on-demand drivers using geo-location in ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen   Are you a teacher? If so, are you also a classroom work foreman, logistics manager, guide, drill sergeant, disciplinarian, cheerleader, data entry clerk, cultural advocate, or analyst?  Maybe you are all of these things and more.  Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching ...

Please note, this is writer’s opinion. By Charles Sosnik Whether you have kids in school, work for a school or simply watch the news, you know schools are dealing with a lot. They are going through a very difficult time, trying to modernize and keep up with the technological world around them. Schools are dealing ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen   When I was a young girl, we lived in an analog world. It was a different time. There was no Internet. No outside connectivity. Computers, such that they were, could be strung together in a network – but their capabilities were very basic. Research was done in a library. Teachers ...

  By Charles Sosnik   It’s as if schools are sitting on the deck of the Titanic, playing music as the great ocean liner descends into the murky depths of the North Atlantic. As the band plays on, their music is filled with our day-to-day challenges. We are engulfed in issues like superintendent firings, metal detectors ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen   New pre-released data from the Learning Counsel’s 2019 Survey indicates that 58 percent of schools now rate their highest pressure is their student’s social and emotional needs.  Alongside this information is the Learning Counsel’s new research that a whopping 27 percent of students nationally have left traditional public education for ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen   Education’s digital transition seems to be taking its toll on everyone involved. Is it just growing pains, or are we sliding down a slope from which we can never ascend? Is technology the savior of education, or a pervasive evil transforming our idyllic educational institutions? The digital transition requires large investments ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen Written words are motionless and unremarkable when approached by human eyes. They lie on paper in black and white, unmoving. It’s terribly boring for children, honestly, and that’s why we have picture books. Still, we expect students to be able to read the boring stuff because some of it has concepts ...