Standards-based grading provides a more transparent assessment of the extent the intended learning is happening in the ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to correct the number of districts participating in Washington state’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. Every state now allows schools to embrace competency ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how we can advance opportunity in education. Nov 04, 2025, 09:05am EST When the U.S. Department of Education ...

Education technology has a profound impact on student learning by enhancing engagement, fostering personalized education, and providing access to vast resources. How does technology impact student ...

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as “We ...

Imagine school being two hours of core academics learned daily via an app, without teachers, and double that time spent on ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

Across my years as a district-level coach, one word has become the mantra for effective learning: engagement. We gamify lessons, add technology, and design ever more creative activities, all in the ...

Large language models (LLMs) can teach other algorithms unwanted traits, which can persist even when training data has been ...