State officials say students could demonstrate learning through projects, portfolios, and work-based experiences instead of ...

The Aurora Institute, a national nonprofit that focuses its efforts on policy change and innovation within the education space, has made it clear it supports a slew of policy changes to better K-12 ...

Great ideas abound. Putting them into practice when it requires not simple adjustments, but completely new machinery is a massive challenge when considering our established educational practices. This ...

Paul LeBlanc certainly thinks so. He sees it as a realistic way to reverse the trend toward deepening socioeconomic inequality. Some call for educational innovation. Others make it happen. No ...

DURHAM - Oyster River School District officials say they are moving to competency-based evaluation at all grade levels, and college admissions officers in New Hampshire say parents should not be ...

At the Parker-Varney school in Manchester, grades are not part of the curriculum. “Mastery” is. Students work their way through individual concepts, like long division or the mathematical order of ...

COVID-19 has forced educators to reexamine some of their core practices, and in some cases, circumvent them altogether. Measuring learning by how much time students spend in a classroom could be next ...

California’s community colleges are experimenting with a radical new model of education, but some professors are pushing back. Faculty at Madera Community College have become the most vocal opposition ...

Competency-based education has become a global trend, promoted by international organizations such as the OECD and UNESCO, to equip students with skills for future careers and societal participation.