Personalized learning represents an evolving change in thinking about the best way to educate children and adolescents today, a move from educating students in large groups to a more concentrated focus on individuals and their specific learning needs, as well as the goals that drive them. One of the key features of personalized learning is the collaboration between the student, the parents, and educators to create an individualized and customized learning experience.

With many one-on-one learning sessions and small group lessons, personalized learning is an exhilarating experience for most students. Each student participates in his or her own curriculum development, from course selection to scheduling. The obvious merits of this system include the ability of faster-learning students to move ahead without being held back by the slower pace of a large group, while those who learn more slowly are not frustrated in a setting in which they continually fall behind because they cannot keep pace.

As a result, students engaged in a personalized learning environment typically perform at a higher level and progress at a faster pace than they would in the more traditional and larger group class setting. And they do so without the social pressures of being in a large group as well. Students at Gateway Academy and The Learning Lab all benefit from personalized learning programs. More information is available here.