It is telling that most mainstream discussion of education policy adopts mastery as the overarching goal, with little attention paid to identity or creativity. Independent news needs you. MinnPost’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most popular topics these days in education is mastery learning—the idea that the pace of a class should match what each student is ready to learn, as a way to ensure they’re really ...

Research in Higher Education, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1979), pp. 263-274 (12 pages) The Mastery Learning Program was initiated in the City Colleges of Chicago to improve student achievement levels and reduce ...

Every educator knows that learning is an infinitely long journey, one where the most powerful growth occurs after students encounter challenges along the way. When students understand content quickly, ...

Few professions are “revolutionized” with such frequency as teaching -- and with such minimal impact on actual practices. As veteran teachers, we’ve seen many teaching practices and technological ...

Over the years, I have often heard faculty describe their role as creating an engaging learning environment, effectively delivering content, and instilling in students a “love of learning.” This ...

The research supporting the current trend towards “personalized learning” is limited, as Education Week detailed earlier this month in a special report on growing efforts to design teaching and ...