Claudia Bunch Dallas walked into an Alachua County courtroom one recent morning, ready to listen as several people once again debated her mental state. At issue was whether she was competent to stand ...

Upon identifying an individual with a documented history of mental illness, the assigned state prosecutor and defense counsel ...

The introduction of the United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> regulation in 2008 sent and continues to send shock waves through hospital pharmacy departments and other sterile drug preparation ...

In my last post I shared what I thought was the greatest threat to competency based learning scaling across America: “The greatest challenge is our accountability systems which are deeply rooted in ...

So said Terry Holliday, commissioner of education in Kentucky, this week at a summit meeting sponsored by the Partnership for 21 st Century Learning. He was referring to the Granite State’s ...

“It’s not my responsibility.” “I’ve done what is in my job description.” “I’m tired of doing somebody else’s work.” If you hear this in your organization, it’s a sign your culture has an ...

Our nation’s schools are in crisis. Too many high school and college graduates can’t think or do. They are the victims of a culture of mediocrity created by elected officials, education colleges, ...

Tom Vander Ark thinks that competency is the up-and-coming next big thing in education. He just said so a few weeks ago here at Forbes, but he's been saying so for several years now. Vander Ark has ...

Did you ever have a drill sergeant or boss that tried to motivate you to improve by yelling? It doesn’t work very well. It produces fear rather than inspiration, compliance rather than creativity. For ...