When done well, mastery-based learning ensures that each and every student leaves K-12 schools prepared for postsecondary education or the workforce. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for ...

Sarah never smiled in my classroom. At least not with her eyes. She spoke under her breath. Whispers of words I couldn’t usually hear. She is one of the many students who I remember because despite my ...

Rick: A lot of parents and educators may be familiar with the phrase “mastery learning” but not have a clear idea what it means in practice. What is it exactly? Scott: My journey began in 2012 when I ...

As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for its first post-pandemic school year, the results of a new Khan Academy survey of teachers offers hope for a brighter future and, at the ...

As the nation’s public schools grapple with helping students overcome learning losses exacerbated by pandemic closures, a long-simmering movement toward competency-based education — sometimes called ...

Writing a negative blog post about “competency-based learning” is dangerous! After all, how can any sane educator be against children developing competencies? So, we need to be very clear: We are not ...

The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to scrap as a requirement the controversial Mastery Learning Reading program in favor of teaching from books rather than worksheets. The program, ...

School is a game in many ways and so the rules create winners and losers. Points are earned by those who know how to play the game well and those who refuse to play it often find themselves not ...