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 ...

Rick: A lot of parents and educators may be familiar with the phrase “mastery learning” but not have a clear idea what it means in practice. What is it exactly? Scott: My journey began in 2012 when I ...

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 ...

Writing a negative blog post about “competency-based learning” is dangerous! After all, how can any sane educator be against children developing competencies? So, we need to be very clear: We are not ...

A big idea driving Khan Academy is a belief in “mastery learning”—that students should show proficiency in one set of materials before moving on to the next. The nonprofit’s latest push to make ...

Rick: A lot of parents and educators may be familiar with the phrase “mastery learning” but not have a clear idea what it means in practice. What is it exactly? Scott: My journey began in 2012 when I ...

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 ...