A learning community does not just happen; it is created intentionally at every level of a school and organization.

are explicit that we hold community as a core value. We describe it in our literature, and leaders and teachers state it to students and their parents constantly at events, in private meetings, and in letters home.

We organize our schools and our schedules to build a sense of community

Our ability to learn whatever we want, whenever we want, from whomever we want is rendering the linear, age-grouped, teacher-guided curriculum less and less relevant

“The digital divide used to be about the hardware haves and have-nots,” she said. “What we’re seeing now is that it’s less about who has hardware, but who has access to information; who has those problem-solving skills. And that’s going to be the digital divide that we’re going to see in the future … the ability to deal with information.”

This year, to me, it felt like there was a deepening at work. People weren't running around as much for what's new. Many of the people I talked to were looking to figure out how to make sense of what they already had learned.

Continuous, Relevant, Adaptive