By Ryan L. Schaaf The global pandemic has disrupted just about every facet of our lives. COVID-19 is testing our patience in slowing down and staying put. It tests and continues to test our combined ability to sift through the information and misinformation about the virus and the safety precautions necessary to quell its ...

  By Christy Martin, Ed.D. COVID-19 has changed the way the world looks at things but nowhere has the world changed more than in schools. While the plague of this century ravages, educators must step up and change more than just their technology learning platforms. It is time to change that last bastion of learning, ...

  By Charles Sosnik “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”      –George Santayana   This is one of my favorite quotes, but with so many variables happening today, I am finding it difficult to place things into context. As a student of History, I find a certain amount of comfort ...

One of the most difficult aspects of our return to physical school is the question of proper social distancing. Even with a hybrid model of learning, the implications of student safety are massive, as is the planning needed to accomplish it. In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s Dawn of New Strategies series, school, district and BOCES ...

  By Carol Henry As schools gradually reopen, students, teachers and staff are all vulnerable to the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes how 29 percent of teachers are at risk from contracting the virus, due to them being aged 55 and older. Because of this, they are more ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen It’s almost Fall, and the clock is ticking. Talk of time and space are swirling all around us, and confusion is rampant. As you know, some states aren’t really open yet and others are closing down. And in the education biz, it feels like the wild West out there. There are ...

  By Franklin Schargel When schools reopen a significant portion of the teaching workforce, in addition to children could be a risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have indicated that 29 percent of all teachers are at higher risk because they are in the most vulnerable age group of contracting the coronavirus ...

There is no magic bullet for schools to successfully navigate the aftermath of COVID-19. Even our nation’s best education minds are feeling their way through, combining technology with a generous dose of caution as they plan their Autumn returns. In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s virtual discussion series, top education leaders are asking the ...