In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home in Bishop Hall Charter School. At Bishop Hall, students master skills at their own speed. Principal Chris ...

Heather Nicholson considers her classroom a “modern-day, one-room schoolhouse.” On a May morning last school year, it was easy to see why. Elementary schoolers sat in one corner, learning Mandarin ...

Competency-based education (CBE), in which credit is provided on the basis of student learning rather than credit or clock hours, is starting to gain traction with educators and policymakers. CBE ...

When Texas resident Billy Parsons went on job interviews, he emphasized his unique online education. The 47-year-old earned his MBA from the for-profit Capella University last year through ...

Competency-based education is going upmarket. Three brand-name, Big Ten-affiliated institutions are now offering degrees in this emerging form of higher education. Yet the new programs at the ...