The Warrensville Heights City School District is the latest local school district to transition from letter grades to a standards-based grading system intended to wring personality issues and ...

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...

Competency-based education, proficiency-based learning, mastery-based learning, personalized learning, student-centered education, and standards-based education are all terms that refer to the same ...

Apr. 13—Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: "Oscar, doctor, president." The 17-year-old, a junior at Santa Fe High School, hopes to win an Oscar, earn a doctorate and ...

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

As cratering test scores intensify California’s resolve to improve student reading, one thing appears certain: the state’s newest teachers need to know how to teach literacy using foundational reading ...

Traditional letter grades could become a thing of the past as Illinois school districts refine lesson plans and curricula to align with Common Core and other state standards. The Common Core standards ...

The Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) has announced the launch of the call for applications for educational ...

As dean of Illinois’ largest teacher preparation program, Jim Wolfinger works to cultivate socially aware educators who can inspire students in any setting — whether that’s an urban neighborhood with ...

Teachers in Minnesota may be facing new licensing requirements, with an emphasis placed on racial consciousness. The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board is considering new ...

Research conducted by the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast (UCC), has revealed significant gaps in the implementation of the Standards-Based Curriculum (SBC) in Ghana’s basic schools, ...