Digital, personalized learning plans

It's not just a dream, for some kids, it's a reality:

...But this year, all 428 sixth graders at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick, N.J., are charting their own academic path with personalized student learning plans — electronic portfolios containing information about their learning styles, interests, skills, career goals and extracurricular activities.

These new learning plans will follow each sixth grader through high school, and are intended to help the students assess their own strengths and weaknesses as well as provide their parents and teachers with a more complete profile beyond grades and test scores.

I love it that teachers, parents and students are all working together to identity a student's interest and capacity, and then move forward with a plan. The students take an online quiz called Matchmaker, which help to identify possible professions for them. It's also acknowledged that over time, the plans will likely change.

It sounds like a responsible plan. I can't wait to hear how it progresses.