In my time at McKinsey, one of the associate partners once said, “Our client may have the knowledge, but we have the skill — specifically, the problem-solving skill — to overcome the knowledge barrier ...

After spending our lives in healthcare, we're pretty used to being measured. From elementary school to high school, college, ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to correct the number of districts participating in Washington state’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. Every state now allows schools to embrace competency ...

Other than my autonomy, there's nothing I dislike having challenged more than my competence. I like to be good at things, and I don't like it when people think I'm not. I know this because when my ...

From elementary school to high school, college, medical school, residency, and beyond, we've been tested and monitored and evaluated and deemed competent to move on to the next phase of our training.

Other than my autonomy, there's nothing I dislike having challenged more than my competence. I like to be good at things, and I don't like it when people think I'm not. I know this because when my ...