It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn....

In We’re Doing It Wrong, David Michael Slater goes after 25 bad education ideas and provides his alternatives. A middle-school English...

“Direct Instruction is the Rodney Dangerfield of education,” writes Fordham’s Robert Pondiscio. Despite 50 years of research showing its...

In last week’s post on “grading floors,” Memphis teachers debated whether giving minimum grades for minimal achievement motivates failing...

Enrollment is soaring at Benito Juarez Community Academy. Photo: Amadou Diallo/Hechinger Report Choice has emptied many low-performing...

Mastery learning — enabled by technology — is gaining popularity, reports Kyle Spencer in the New York Times Moheeb Kaied, a seventh...

Western Governors University, a national nonprofit, has been providing online, self-paced competency-based education to career-minded...

Teachers can raise graduation rates — and their own performance ratings — by giving D’s instead of F’s to poorly prepared students,...

High school grades are rising, even as SAT scores remain flat, reports the College Board. In 2013, the average 12th grader earned a 2.90...

Windsor Locks students master a set of skills to pass courses. In Windsor Locks, Connecticut, “24 credits and a D-minus average” aren’t...