Educators, parents, employers, and advocates in all corners of the education world are calling out the ways in which our prevailing systems devalue educators' professionalism, sort and batch children according to their skin color and ZIP code, and turn the joy of learning into marching lockstep through tests and worksheets. A promising antidote to this grim outlook has risen in the past 10 years in the form of personalized learning approaches. At its most basic, personalized learning is "driven by good teaching and strong student supports centered on the needs of each student." The movement for personalized learning is grounded in three driving forces: (1) Changes in technology, our economy, and other social trends are altering what it means for learners to be ready for life beyond high school; (2) Insights from the learning sciences have busted the myth of the "average learner" and underscored the unique strengths, challenges, contexts, and needs of each learner; and (3) Greater gains must be achieved in closing opportunity gaps and ensuring that the needs of all youth, especially most vulnerable youth, must be made. After more than 10 years of reflecting on the current state and emerging trends in teaching and learning, the team at KnowledgeWorks recognizes that personalized learning is gathering momentum, and that educators and those who support them need the knowledge and capacity to realize its benefits.