By LeiLani Cauthen We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein   Editor’s Note: This three-part series seeks to identify the problem to act on, rather than approach each challenge as isolated. The Fall 2022 school year just started and already the teacher shortage is enormously evident. ...

By Charles Sosnik Sometimes, you just need to let it all go. I’m not suggesting that you give up. I’m just saying that when the stress builds to a boiling point, you stop, take a breath, and allow the stress to dissipate. And it will if you allow it to. The important point to understand ...

A special Learning Leadership Topical Event, presented by LeiLani Cauthen, CEO at Learning Counsel News Media and Research With special guests, Jose A. Viana, Ed.D., Senior Education Advisor at Lexia Learning and Wendee Evering, Assistant Administrator at A.C. Moore Elementary in Columbia, SC   Jose A. Viana, Ed.D., Senior Education Advisor at Lexia describes Lexia Learning ...

By Charles Sosnik Schools are a business. Demand and supply. To be run efficiently, schools must operate at or near capacity. So, what does it mean when nearly 40 percent of parents opt to take their school-aged children out of traditional public school? In short, it means consolidation. Take the kids out of some schools ...

By Charles Sosnik These are unusual times, to say the least. The two biggest storylines in the school world are the teacher shortage and the student shortage. It seems like they can’t both be true. But they are. The bigger story, and the one that is causing administrators the most angst, is the teacher shortage. ...

By LeiLani Cauthen Learning Counsel Research estimates that 32 percent of administrators in K12 education have quit or switched jobs within the last 25 months.  A good number of those are Superintendency roles. Altogether, it’s an estimated 485 thousand workers quitting, being lost to the pandemic through death or disability, or shuffling to new roles in ...

By Charles Sosnik Nobody told me there’d be days like these. If you are in administration, you are dealing with some very frightening numbers right now. Last week, Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen wrote an article that detailed the current teacher shortage. According to Cauthen, “28 percent of teachers have quit, been lost, or shuffled ...

By LeiLani Cauthen Learning Counsel Research estimates that 32 percent of administrators in K12 education have quit or switched jobs within the last 25 months.  A good number of those are Superintendency roles. Altogether, it’s an estimated 485 thousand workers quitting, being lost to the pandemic through death or disability, or shuffling to new roles in ...