The rollout of the Common Core State Standards has been bumpy, to say the least. Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia rejected the common core from the outset. Oklahoma and Indiana have withdrawn ...

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO)-- The State Board of Education is taking applications for the second round of a sometimes controversial pilot program, shifting the way students learn and are taught.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. We inherited a system of education that has six big problems: it ...

New Hampshire’s Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) has been a quest to deepen and personalize competency-based learning for all students. During the 2016-2017 school year, we attempted to confront ...

Grade Three pupils of Victonell Academy, Nakuru, clean up a road as part of the learning process, yesterday. [Harun Wathari, Standard] The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) currently being implemented ...

Tom Vander Ark thinks that competency is the up-and-coming next big thing in education. He just said so a few weeks ago here at Forbes, but he's been saying so for several years now. Vander Ark has ...

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 ...

Competency-based education has spread slower than many expected, particularly given hype in recent years about its approach, which emphasizes what students know and can do, tends to be more focused on ...

The gap between academic scores and actual skillsets among Indian students has been a matter of growing concern. A competency-based evaluation system, as proposed under the National Education Policy ...

When the pandemic turned every bedroom, living room, and community center into a classroom, a fundamental shift occurred in what constitutes evidence of learning. No longer able to comfortably walk ...

It is a common perception that Maths is only for the gifted students. As one moves up the ladder in schooling, students develop fear and anxiety around the subject. For some, their scores in the exam ...