Usually you find a job or start a business that relies on those skills for which you hold a high degree of competency. Businesses typically place people in positions that take advantage of the ...

Attorneys on both sides will argue Wednesday whether accused killer Nikko Jenkins is competent enough to stand trial for four Omaha murders.Ultimately, a judge will decide whether Jenkins is fit to ...

The skills gap is generating unprecedented attention -- and with good reason. Nearly 8 million Americans are unemployed and looking for work while an estimated 6 million jobs remain unfilled.

For decades, the progression of the American dream was fairly straightforward: Graduate high school, go to college and get a job. But new developments in higher education may upend that traditional ...

School districts in every state now have the green light to establish competency-based education programs and models in their classrooms—but they have a lot of work to do on the operational side to ...

Stabbing suspect Carlos Reales Dominguez speaking to his public defender, Dan Hutchinson at his arraignment hearing on May 5, 2023. (Fred Gladdis, The Davis Enterprise/Pool) WOODLAND, Calif. (CN) — ...

Small businesses often have a harder time attracting and hiring the best employees for specific jobs when they write traditional task-focused job descriptions in their want ads. Competency-based job ...

When Krista Stalzer gave her class of fourth graders their first science assessment as part of a pilot program at her school in Epping, New Hampshire, she asked students to build a device that would ...

The U.S. Department of Education and regional accreditors are closer to being on the same page about competency-based education. With two sides of the regulatory triad that oversees higher education ...

In the Vermont House Judiciary section of the legislative website, two bills dealing with competency are listed. H.251 was ...

In its continuous endeavour to improve the quality of education, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has implemented several valuable initiatives. The focus is shifting towards ...