This issue is in response to Janet Twyman's brief, "Competency-Based Education: Supporting Personalized Learning" in the "Connect: Making Learning Personal" series. The discussion in Twyman's brief stopped short of being explicit regarding the aspect of personalized learning that Wisconsin's education innovation lab, the Institute @ CESA #1, has found to be the most powerful and profound in terms of student learning--supporting learners to make the transition from a passive recipient of adult instruction to a partner in learning. This support is key to building learner capacity for sustained, independent learning--the type of learning that can last a lifetime. This brief discusses the following: (1) Partnering "with" students; (2) Transitioning to new practice; (3) Student performance and behavior; and (4) Recommendations for engaging in the practice of personalized learning. [For "Competency-Based Education: Supporting Personalized Learning. Connect: Making Learning Personal" (2014), see ED558055.]