California’s community colleges are experimenting with a radical new model of education, but some professors are pushing back. Faculty at Madera Community College have become the most vocal opposition ...

CLEVELAND – Two colleges recently visited Lakeshore Technical College to gain insight into its competency-based learning model. Instructors, deans and guidance coaches from Oregon-based Umpqua ...

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While not new, competency-based education (CBE) models are well suited to today’s growing demand for skills-based educational programs. This model prioritizes observing real-world skills and their ...

WATERLOO — When Aleese Stewart moved to Cedar Falls with her young son, she wanted to learn a trade.

In his Sept. 14 piece, “The Danger With Giving Students Feedback,” Alfie Kohn cites a 2020 Duke study which found that the traditional practice of grading can damage student motivation and performance ...

School districts in every state now have the green light to establish competency-based education programs and models in their classrooms—but they have a lot of work to do on the operational side to ...