AltSchool seeks future of learning
AltSchools, which charge parents $30,000 a year, are experimenting with using technology to personalize learning.
View ArticlePersonalized learning works — if done well
Personalized learning shows promise, but there are implementation challenges, writes RAND’s John F. Pane on Brookings’ Chalkboard blog. A 2015 RAND study showed large achievement gains, while a 2017...
View ArticleIs personalization a fad? Curriculum matters
If students choose what to learn, pursuing their own interests, they’ll be engaged and active learners, say some personalized-learning advocates. Not so fast, write Amber Oliver and Michael Horn on...
View ArticleAltSchool reinvents itself
AltSchool, a private school start-up that once promised to reinvent education, is reinventing itself, reports Adam Satariano on Bloomberg News. Students at a San Francisco AltSchool work on their...
View ArticlePersonalized+projects model replicates
Summit Public Schools‘ personalized-learning model, which focuses on project-based learning and mentoring, is replicating rapidly, I write on Education Next in a follow-up to my story in the fall 2017...
View ArticlePreparing to personalize
Devonna Alatorre, a teacher-resident in a Math III class at Summit Tahoma high school, works with 11th graders. She’ll teach Math II there in the fall. Photo: Heather Vega Summit Public Schools, a...
View ArticleInstead of ‘gifted and talented’…
It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn. A co-founder and distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen...
View ArticleCatching up in ‘grade 2.5’
“Like many high-poverty middle schools, Oakland’s Elmhurst Community Prep is trying to reach students who are academically all over the map,” I wrote in an Education Next story. “One-third of the...
View ArticleRAND links personalized learning to gains
At a South Carolina school that’s experimenting with personalized learning, sixth graders plan a recipe during math class. Photo: James Jason Lee/Education Week Personalized learning produces gains in...
View ArticleBillionaires, here’s how to fund education
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fund “whole-child personalized learning,” reports Benjamin Herold in Ed Week. The billionaire...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....