We have identified ten major system-level factors that are the non-negotiable “building blocks"
of an effective and personalized 21st century educational system.

Please flip through the following slides to learn about these factors.

Building consensus about the significance of personalization as a non-negotiable priority in schools and systems is reflective of true 21st-century learning.

Transforming current organizational design and practice to accommodate the growing diversity of student populations in schools today.

Discovering schools that succeed in personalizing the learning environment, addressing every learner’s intellectual, social-emotional, relational, and physical development.

Providing an “aspirational curriculum” for every learner, ensuring that blended learning and access to learning is a 24-hour pathway for all students.

Transforming the impact of education through a greater focus on the needs and strengths of the individual learner, allowing students many more options about where and how they learn (including growing focus upon independent inquiry, project-based learning, and truly differentiated learning tasks).

Moving away from the current standardized-testing fixation approach in favor of authentic, learner-focused, and
performance-based assessment tasks and projects.

Ensuring that we find answers to the challenge of the “digital divide” and use technology and other support resources in an organic, holistic way—rather than our current emphasis upon remediation.

Exploring and implementing new
approaches to decision making and problem solving, including use of economic resources.

Distributing leadership and governance responsibilities to empower individuals and groups at the most immediate levels of participation, revolutionizing traditional notions of administration, supervision, and human resource management.

Providing a true Pre-K through graduation support system that successfully addresses all students’ social and psychological development, including immediate access to health and wellness services and resources and maximizing family access to a range of support services.

Inviting key stakeholder groups into the process of personalizing education, expanding student access to a range of mentors, coaches, and educational pathways. Making cross-institutional partnerships a direct means for supporting personalization.