I have three young boys. Zev, age 4, is the youngest, and he’s constantly straining to be heard above the din. If survival of the fittest is playing out at home, Zev’s survival skill is volume. He is ...

This article is part of the collection: Real Life Learning: An Up Close Look at Competency-Based Education. In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home ...

Students selecting the competency portfolio option will be required to compile a set of materials that summarizes and displays his or her knowledge, skills, and problem-solving capabilities. Unlike ...

Underlying the shift to blended and student-centered environments is the transition from marking seat time to tracking learning. In competency-based environments, students show what they know and they ...

An electronic portfolio of competencies achieved by healthcare assistants and signed off by registered staff should be introduced to “raise the bar” in standards, a national review of care and nursing ...

We believe that current graduation requirements represent “the wrong goalposts” and are a significant barrier to adequately preparing our young people for life and work after they leave school.

In the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at Weatherhead School of Management, we’re proud to advance a central portfolio of activities that build upon our core competencies. We ...