Giving Compass' Take:

· Although the Common Core standards have faced a lot of backlash throughout the years, Matt Barnum at Chalkbeat explains that many individuals fear the change that comes with personalized learning in education.

· What are some of the issues with personalized learning? How has personalized learning affected student outcome? Is personalized learning a viable option to replace Common Core standards? 

· Read an article cautioning change with Common Core. 

Major funders and the federal education department are promoting the idea.

Teachers are wary. Parents are perplexed.

Criticism is coming from both the political left and right.

It’s not the Common Core, though a few years ago, it would have been. Now, we’re talking about technology-based personalized learning, the latest, hottest, and best-funded idea to dominate the conversation about American schools.

The backlash to the Common Core standards, and their associated tests, was enough to get them revised or replaced in some states. Today, some teachers, political conservatives, and parents are beginning to mobilize against personalized learning, too. And in some cases, the very same people are taking up the fight.

Take Jane Robbins of the American Principles Project, a socially conservative group that vigorously opposed Common Core. One recent piece she co-authored: “The Same Folks Who Brought You Common Core Want You to Embrace ‘Personalized Learning.’”

What Common Core and personalized learning advocates certainly have in common are grand ambitions to reshape schools. That brings challenges, said Betheny Gross of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a University of Washington–based think tank.

Read the full article about personalized learning by Matt Barnum at Chalkbeat.