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 ...

A survey of prospective students finds interest in competency-based education is high, but learners also value structure and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Competency-Based Education (CBE) is a personalized, learner-centered approach to education. Students display their knowledge and skills by demonstrating mastery to achieve specific competencies. The ...

(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 ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify that the International Big Picture Learning Credential was developed by Big Picture Learning Australia with the help of researchers from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Technology-focused universities in Africa have been urged to adopt competency-based teaching and learning practices that integrate theoretical discipline-specific knowledge, practical technical skills ...

Skill-based learning develops students through hands-on practice and real-world application. Specific skills -- reading, writing, speaking and overall literacy progression, for example -- are both ...