Beyond the Factory Model

Klein is coauthor of "Blended Learning in Practice: Four District School Journeys," a case study of the Oakland project written with Carrie McPherson Douglass, who's now with the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust, an umbrella organization for urban reform groups nationwide. Middle school students work together at Madison Park Academy (Photo / The Learning Accelerator / Courtesy Rogers Family Foundation) Teachers said, "I don't have enough time to meet the needs of my highest-skilled students or my ELLs. Rogers predicts "dramatic changes to student outcomes in years two, three, and beyond" as personalized learning takes hold. Because there's no control group, it will be difficult to tell whether higher scores are due to the pilot or other factors.