The biggest challenges in implementing learning community in schools appear to be the lack of a shared definition and vision of schools as learning communities, the amount of other development projects in schools and lack of time and resources for co-operation and professional development.
Fram kemur að helstu hindranir við innleiðingu lærdómssamfélags í skóla tengjast sameiginlegri skilgreiningu og sýn skólasamfélagsins á hugtakinu lærdómssamfélag, tíma til starfs- og skólaþróunar og forgangsröðun verkefna.