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Item Learner Variability Is the Rule, Not the Exception(2018) Pape, BarbaraSchool systems that use a one-size- ts-all model continue to under-serve nearly all of their students. These schools prepare young people for an industrial world that no longer exists. Rigid class structures are the norm. Little, if any, attention is given to the social and emotional skills that even the business community has listed as top priorities for its workforce. For decades, policy discussions have focused on the shortcomings of these factory-model schools that do not prepare students for current and future work, personalize their opportunities for learning, nor do they nurture them to reach their potential. While there are shining examples, gains have been slow to come in schools nationwide to make learning relevant, productive, and fulfilling for each learner.Item Learning in the 21st Century: How the American Public, Parents, and Teachers View Students’ Potential and Their Learning Experience(Digital Promise, 2019-05) Pape, BarbaraLearning in the 21st Century is the first in a series of surveys we plan to conduct to explore how teachers, parents, and the general public view learning and what impacts learning in order to help students reach their potential.Item Policies and Practices That Meet Learners Where They Are(Digital Promise, 2018) Pape, Barbara; Vander Ark, TomThe convergence of growing classroom diversity, learning sciences research, sophistication of technology, and 21st- century job requirements in a global market could put America’s education system on track for personalizing the learning experience. The goal is for each student to master content and skills to help guarantee their success in college and career. We need to re-think our education system to address learner variability and meet our promise to guide each learner to become productive and ful lled citizens.