IntroductionEducation experts have spent many years planning and revising learning materials and assessment tools to meet the demands of teaching and constantly evolving social and economic learning in the United States. The rapid growth of technology means that change is constant in education. Educators learn very quickly that change is an inevitable aspect of their position and that effective transformation by stakeholders at all levels is necessary to meet these demands. Whether we approach the crisis in American schools from the perspective of school experience, or from the analysis of market forces in the private sector and the factors necessary for institutional innovation, or from the movement aimed at empower poor and minority communities, it is clear that what we call “public education” needs to change (Grego, 2011). The history of the school system in the United States shows that teaching standards were focused on responding to the challenges of the agricultural era and the industrial era, and according to Duffy (2010) was a fixed educational approach, designed to sorting students rather than learning, in order to educate large numbers of children and distinguish workers from managers. However, the knowledge age requires stakeholders to re-evaluate the requirements needed to educate our children in the future. This societal paradigm shift is broad and pervasive, requiring institutions to co-evolve by creating more personalized approaches to organizational design, customer service, and service delivery so that students can succeed in the knowledge age of 21st century (Duffy, 2010). The purpose of this article is to share a planned and unplanned change that took...... middle of document ......m! Create! Sustain! Mastering the art and science of transforming school systems. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Grego, D. (2011). The changing meaning of "public education" in Milwaukee: converting a school system into a system of schools. Encounter, 24(3), 1-10.Huang, T., Beachum, F.D., White, GP, Kaimal, G., Fitzgerald, A., and Reed, P. (2012). Preparing Urban School Leaders: What Works?. Planning & Changing, 43(1/2), 72-95.Office of Career and Adult Education. (2012). Investing in America's Future: A Plan to Transform Career and Technical Education. Office of Career and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICSServlet?accno=ED532493 Richter, KB and Reigeluth, CM (2007). Systematic transformation of public school systems. FM Duffy Reports, 12(4), 1-24.