Personalized Learning
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts to use technology to customize education to the individual student.
Special Report
Personalized Learning 2017
Education Week takes a hard look at the big arguments against personalized learning, what the latest research says about it, and how the approach is playing out in classrooms.
Special Report
Personalized Learning 2016
The push to design teaching and learning around students’ distinctive academic needs, and even their personal interests, has entered the K-12 mainstream and its expansion is quickening.
Special Report
Extending the Digital Reach
This special report outlines the progress schools are making to use digital tools to personalize learning, but also raises the question: Are they reaching far enough?
- Personalized Learning Opinion We Don't Know What They Don't Know: Building Equity by Building Background KnowledgeFour simple steps all educators can take to help build a shared understanding of a topic, allowing all learners to dive deep into more complex learning.
Personalized Learning Opinion Moving to Mastery in IdahoSchools in Idaho are moving towards competency-based education in order to provide more personalized learning for all students. Read more from Tom's recent visit.Personalized Learning Opinion Are We at Risk of Creating a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Personalization?Students with more opportunities for high-quality collaboration were more likely to report that their individual learning needs were being met, a new study found.Personalized Learning Opinion Motivation Management: The Foundational Skill in Learner-Centered EducationA key to learning is motivation, and it comes from within.Personalized Learning Opinion How Tech in the Classroom Can Enhance Human InteractionWant better conversations in your classroom? Let your students start teaching themselves.
Personalized Learning Opinion Helping CAOs Make the Shift to Personalized LearningExplore the difference between managed instruction and next generation learning, and learn ten elements of comprehensive solutions to the challenge of helping chief academic officers reframe their work.Personalized Learning Opinion A Shift in Literacy Instruction in a Primary ClassroomWe can learn a lot from kids when they've been allowed to truly use their voice and treated as an active player in the game of learning.
Personalized Learning Opinion Competency Without Compromise: Rethinking the High School TranscriptLearning design innovators have felt constrained by the traditional transcript. Fortunately, forward-thinking organizations are now collaborating with school-based innovators--and by working with networks of schools, districts, and systems, they're building an ecosystem in which deeper, personalized, and mastery-based learning can thrive.Personalized Learning Opinion Personalize Learning and Build Agency By Using the 4 PLC QuestionsIn this episode of the podcast, Tom chats with Tim Stuart about his new book, Personalized Learning in a PLC at Work: Student Agency Through the Four Critical Questions.Personalized Learning Opinion The Gift of Portfolio Defense: A Parent's PerspectiveIn my work, I wholeheartedly believe in the power and efficacy of a portfolio defense model, and am genuinely excited to share it with audiences of educators, funders, and thought leaders. But until I had one of my own children attend an Envision school and witnessed his 12th grade defense presentation, my rallying cry for portfolio defense was professional, not personal.Personalized Learning Opinion Top Three Parent Tips for Making the Switch to Personalized LearningAs a middle school teacher, when I found out that my administration was going to pilot personalized learning for incoming middle schoolers, I knew it would be a good fit for our family.
Personalized Learning Jim Shelton to Step Down as Head of Chan Zuckerberg's Education InitiativeDespite a surprising leadership change, CZI still plans to give hundreds of millions of dollars per year to support "whole-child personalized learning."
Personalized Learning Opinion Problem-Based Learning: Preparing Students for the Race of Their LivesWhat's the value of instruction that offers theory without valuable, hands-on practical experience?Personalized Learning Opinion How Self-Pacing Improves Students' Academic Achievement and Self-ConfidenceBy requiring all students to work at a predetermined pace irrespective of their needs, we as educators make the proactive decision to value speed over mastery. The solution lies in developing a classroom model that empowers students to work at their own pace.
Personalized Learning Opinion The Promise of GraduationGraduation represents a major milestone for high school students across the country. Here, educators reflect on its deeper significance for young people in 2018.
