AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hays County said it expected to implement a Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program in the coming ...

Hays County leaders have approved a new jail-based program aimed at addressing mental health needs in the criminal justice ...

The rollout of the Common Core State Standards has been bumpy, to say the least. Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia rejected the common core from the outset. Oklahoma and Indiana have withdrawn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apprenticeship within the Igbo system is governed by clearly understood norms: learning occurs through immersion, assessment ...

Yet the rate at which schools cited specific practice tags associated with competency-based education ranged widely: almost 75 percent of schools said they offer multiple opportunities for students to ...

Faced with stagnating student achievement, the 10,500-student Adams 50 district in Westminster, Colo., launched an improvement initiative in 2008 that eliminated old notions of grade-level progression ...

CBC represents the most ambitious education reform since the introduction of the 8-4-4 system in 1985. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke ...

If so, researchers should make efforts to codify the competency-based models that are emerging. “Competency-based education” may still be the banner under which these models fly, but understanding the ...