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91% of colleges let students erase low grades
Is that D in Macroeconomics going to hurt your chances of getting into business school? Take the course again to raise your grade and...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 2, 20182 min read


Computers enable mastery learning
Mastery learning — enabled by technology — is gaining popularity, reports Kyle Spencer in the New York Times Moheeb Kaied, a seventh...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 20, 20172 min read


College of competence: How WGU works
Western Governors University, a national nonprofit, has been providing online, self-paced competency-based education to career-minded...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 18, 20172 min read
‘Last-chance’ schools
“Last-chance” schools are providing alternatives to troubled students, writes Natalie Gross for the Hechinger Report. Many use...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 10, 20171 min read
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