The transition is largely based on shifting away from the theory-comprehensive type of students to the hands-on type, aiming ...

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 ...

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 Centre launched Karmayogi Sadhana Saptah, a week-long national learning initiative under Mission Karmayogi. It aims to strengthen public servants' skills with a focus on technology, tradition, and ...

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 ...

A recent study suggests that although there is growing interest in skills- and competency-based learning, few colleges and universities have actually implemented the new model. The report, released ...

Keeping kids engaged at school, and getting them ready for the future of work, will take more than recycling old content into new activities - the entire structure of education needs to change. I ...