Competency-based education is in vogue — even though most people have never heard of it, and those who have can't always agree on what it is. A report out today from the American Enterprise Institute ...

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 ...

"I went to a four-year university." "That job requires a one-year certificate." "It's a two-semester course." "She's a fifth-year senior." What do these expressions have in common? They use time as ...

Competency-based education is all the rage, except that no college has yet to go all-in. Panel discusses why, with Education Department official promising that feds won't stand in the way. WASHINGTON ...

A workplace competency is a description of a required skill, attribute or behavior for a specific job used to define and measure an individual's effectiveness. Competencies are arranged into a ...