A study documenting how teachers, leaders, and students experience Personalized Learning in Wisconsin Schools.

An interesting take on the nature vs. nurture debate as it relates to "giftedness." It adds support to the rationale for personalizing learning so that all students can reach their potential.

Educational tool ratings, from the people behind Common Sense media.

Engagement must be deliberately designed to improve student learning. This article talks specifically about technology, but I would challenge people to apply to any effort to "engage" learners.

UW-Madison field research from Wisconsin schools on PL practices and the role of technology.

A practical guide to scaling personalized learning

Report from the Aspen Institute about policy changes and general philosophy changes needed in order to achieve student-centered learning, and the importance of technology to make this work.

Why we need to set goals with students

Formative assessment doubles student learning, according to 250 empirical studies.

"Project MASH is a social learning experience that challenges teachers and students to DESIGN stuff, MAKE stuff, and PLAY stuff, to ACT and WRITE, CREATE and EXPLORE. PROJECT MASH bridges the divide between learning in and out of school, from making and tinkering in the classroom to citizen science in the backyard, from design thinking challenges to contests in creative expression." Sponsored by Pearson Foundation

Michael B. Horn debunks a critique of personalized learning. The critique basically equates "multiple intelligences" or "learning styles" with personalized learning, which is a straw-man argument.

Succeeding without standardized tests.

The US Department of Education established the Privacy Technical Assistance Center to provide stakeholders with data security best practices.

The Wisconsin Innovative Schools Network embraces (and supports) several different education models which are transformative rather than incremental.

"There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist."

Brain research about learning and how to be student-centered.

Summary of the challenges school districts face when trying to install dark fiber.

A radical change for a major university- a degree program where you get credit for what you already know, and can work at your own pace. They even claim it's personalized.

Formal academic paper showing improved attitudes toward algebra when problems were modified to include topics of interest to students.

Keep the focus on learning. Watch out for shiny objects.