"The traditional system of education is failing our students. Richard A. DeLorenzo and Roxanne L. Mourant, in Competency-Based Education Ignited: A Transformational Systemwide Approach for Leaders, lay out their vision for the solution: a customized learning model in which students progress at their own pace based on their mastery of specific competencies. Students who create, deploy, and navigate their own learning throughout their years of schooling will be well prepared for the future that lies ahead of them. Teachers and leaders have a critical role to play in creating pathways for students and giving them the tools to become empowered learners"--