In math, the best way to fill in learning gaps is to individualize the curriculum and ensure students have mastered the skills and concepts that are prerequisite to what they’re learning now. Age of ...

In March 2015, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter signed into law H110, launching the state’s initial foray into a new and transformative mastery-based system of K-12 education. In just more than two years, ...

When I was in school, I coveted good grades. I was quick to smile at teachers and eager for extra credit projects. A school improvement movement gathering force these days will require adjustments by ...

Amid Idaho’s education challenges, one promising and innovative strategy that launched this school year educates our children in engaging, personalized and effective ways. One of the 20 ...

The mastery-based pilot program is meant to help students fully understand subject matter before moving on to other topics. Indiana lawmakers approved a measure that would, in part, allow schools that ...

Steve Chinn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Traditional systems deem it necessary for teachers to “grade” students on their overall performance based on an average of different experiences and often a final exam. These scores are supposed to ...

Maryn Petersen doesn’t have textbooks in her class at Kuna Middle School. She doesn’t often sit at a desk taking notes of a teacher’s lecture or reading a chapter and answering the question in the ...

Some lawmakers said they are concerned with the scope of flexibility for schools that participate in the pilot program, especially when it comes to collective bargaining. Participating schools could ...

Amid Idaho’s education challenges, one promising and innovative strategy that launched this school year educates our children in engaging, personalized and effective ways. One of the 20 ...