Andrea Miranda didn’t think traditional four-year college was in her future when she graduated from high school in Massachusetts in 2010. It was expensive, especially compared with free college in ...

In summary, compared to the traditional binge-and-purge approach, competency-based education delivers far more than a badge, a certificate, or a diploma. It provides an environment where students can ...

Competency-based education is slowly catching on, with the help of policies that give permission for schools in every state to adopt it. But the learning model—a series of non-traditional approaches ...

Heather Nicholson considers her classroom a “modern-day, one-room schoolhouse.” On a May morning last school year, it was easy to see why. Elementary schoolers sat in one corner, learning Mandarin ...

Western Governors University is pioneering a new, fast-growing model of education: Competency-based learning. In traditional classrooms, time is fixed and student learning varies. Schools operate ...

The debate highlights a growing ideological divide between conservatives who have advocated for expanding nontraditional educational approaches demonstrated by charter and private schools, and ...

(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 ...

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 ...

O’Reilly, the premier learning platform for technology professionals, today announced the launch of v erifiable skills, a competency-based skill development solution that maps specific capabilities in ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix is participating in the SHRM Conference and sharing details about new competency-based education (CBE) degree programs designed to provide busy ...