How do teachers learn to teach in a way they likely never experienced as students, and especially if they didn’t learn how do it in their preparation programs? One option is to learn that way through ...

For years, accreditors, employers and a host of educational reformers have sought an outcomes-oriented education with explicit learning objectives and rigorous assessments to evaluate and certify ...

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. A student of mine in an accelerated program for new arrivals to the U.S., in just ...

Speakers at last week's annual conference of the nonprofit Competency-Based Education Network promoted a new report that's part of a coordinated push to grow adoption and acceptance of the education ...

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Educational Testing Service are teaming up to develop a new way to evaluate competency-based learning. The two organizations announced ...

Higher education is in the middle of a quiet but important shift. Across campuses and online programs, colleges are rethinking a long-standing question: should learning be measured by time spent in ...

(TNS) — Jaqueline Yalda, who has been a campus police officer at El Paso Community College in Texas for a decade, sought a promotion earlier this year. But first, the department required her to ...

Melrose, a cozy suburb north of Boston, is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools good enough to draw young families in droves. Students perform well above the U.S. average and do better ...

A new initiative aims at giving Nevada students more flexibility to move through classes at their own pace. The “Nevada Future of Learning Network” focuses on competency-based learning. The goal is to ...

Competency-based medical education (CBME) represents a paradigm shift from traditional time-based curricula to outcomes-centred training. The core principle of CBME is to ensure that learners acquire ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Listen to this post Higher education is in the middle of a quiet but important shift. Across campuses and online programs, colleges are ...