ORGANIZATIONS

The Clayton Christensen Institute
The Clayton Christensen Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving the world through disruptive innovation. Founded on the theories of Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, the Institute offers a unique framework for understanding many of society’s most pressing issues around education, healthcare, and economic prosperity.

iNACOL
iNACOL is a nonprofit organization with the mission to catalyze the transformation of K-12 education policy and practice to advance powerful, personalized, learner-centered experiences through competency-based, blended and online learning.

The Institute of Personalized Learning
We have developed a model and process to effect this change, and through a unique action network approach are able to take advantage of multiple sites, simultaneously test a variety of strategies and share learning and research to accelerate the effort.

KnowledgeWorks
By delivering innovative education approaches and advancing aligned policies, KnowledgeWorks activates and develops the capacity of communities and educators to imagine, build and sustain vibrant learning ecosystems that allow each student to thrive.

The Rodel Teacher Foundation
The Rodel Teacher Council is a group of teacher-leaders from across the state of Delaware. By meeting with national leaders, visiting exemplary schools in the US, and piloting personalized learning in their own classrooms, the council hopes to scale personalized learning across the state.

DEFINING PERSONALIZED LEARNING

Defining Personalized Learning
by Kathleen McClasskey

Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education
by Susan Patrick, Kathryn Kennedy and Allison Powell

Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
by Michael Horn and Heather Staker (Excerpt)

Tapping the Power of Personalized Learning: A Roadmap for School Leaders
by James Rickabaugh (Excerpt)

ARTICLES/BLOGS/PAPERS

Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning (PDF)
This report provides recommendations for state policymakers to support local and statewide efforts to transform student learning in K-12 education through personalized, competency-based learning. Taken as a whole, the recommendations in this report present a comprehensive state policy approach to support student-centered learning.

The Shifting Paradigm of Teaching: Personalized Learning According to Teachers (PDF)
Based on interviews with teachers, instructional coaches and principals, the report explores what drives educators to build personalized learning environments in the classroom.

Personalized Learning: The Next Generation
Education Week – October 19, 2016 Issue

Early Learning Tech Policy Brief
US Department of Education

Choices for Children: How and Why to Let Students Decide
Phi Delta Kappan

Personalization vs. Differentiation vs. Individualization Chart