As the shelf-life of skills shortens, it's time to rethink the traditional approach to upskilling. With competency-based education, employees are able to master the skills that directly impact their ...

There’s a growing trend among both states and school districts to outline their vision of what, exactly, a successful high school graduate looks like. These so-called “portrait of a graduate” ...

Tom Rooney sees competency-based education—supported by digital learning tools—as the path to building a better school district. The superintendent of the 4,200-student Lindsay Unified School District ...

The “competency learning" movement is gaining serious momentum: See the list of schools and districts that are adopting competency learning. But, based on the research literature in the psychology of ...

The traditional approach to formal education ties students to classrooms. Degrees are earned based on accumulated credits, a system developed in 1906 as an attempt to measure how much time a student ...

In New Hampshire, the shift away from an educational system based on "seat time" is well underway. Here's what educators there have learned. The education community felt a jolt in August 2013, when ...

As K–12 educators seek ways to help students develop social-emotional skills, they are finding that some of the same tools they use in modern learning environments can also facilitate collaboration, ...