The “competency learning" movement is gaining serious momentum: See the list of schools and districts that are adopting competency learning. But, based on the research literature in the psychology of ...

Adult basic education and training (Abet) specialist Media Works has launched its Foundational Learning Competence (FLC) programme that will benefit the country’s dominant mining industry and its ...

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In a remote Liberian village, a young girl seated on a bench with a notebook on her lap in a class, copying lines from the chalkboard with a precision and discipline that would impress any educator.

The value of a liberal arts education rests less in the questions that our students learn to answer, and more in the questions that our students learn to ask. I am skeptical of any claim that ...

In this context, foundational learning—the ability to read, write, and do basic math—is not just an education issue. It is the cornerstone of Africaʼs future prosperity. If our children fail to master ...

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday called on the government to improve students’ “foundational learning” to address the “functional illiteracy” affecting 18.9 million graduates.

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will conduct the Foundational Learning Study (FLS) to assess ...