Personalized learning may seem like the newest trend in education but it isn’t “new” at all! It dates back to the rise of progressive educational theorists like John Dewey and Maria Montessori, to the rise of educational psychologists like B. F. Skinner and Benjamin Bloom, to special education legislation, to Gates Foundation grant funding, and to the current work of the Kaneland Personalized Learning Steering Committee. Take a look at this timeline to learn more about the long history of Personalized Learning. BONUS: Can you guess the year the statement below was made? Email Laura Garland with your guess. The closest person wins a prize!
"I will argue that “equality of quality” in education cannot be achieved by forcing all students to take exactly the same course of study, nor can the ideal of a democratic, classless society be actualized by establishing only one mode of excellence"
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