Tulsa World Magazine: Personalized education aims to break restraints of traditional classroom

Walk into any school classroom these days and there are signs of the personalized education approach — students discussing ideas in small groups, teachers rotating among students to provide one-on-one instruction. The concept of personalized learning has been percolating for years in education circles, and yet, there can be some disagreement about what it is exactly. “It means different things to different people,” says J.P. Culley, head of school at Holland Hall. “But there are at least three hallmarks educators can agree to define personalized learning.” First, there is student choice. Students have much more freedom to dive into subjects of personal interest, but they must be born from the basic curriculum the state and school have laid out as measures.