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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning. Knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits of a group of people are transferred to other people, through storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves in a process called autodidactic learning. Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. More...

Do licensure exams help school districts pick good principals?

Source: JournalistsResource.org

A licensure exam that educators in many states must pass to become school principals may not be an effective way to predict job performance, a new study suggests.

The issue:  As policymakers nationwide focus on public school reform, they have become increasingly interested in recruiting and retaining top teachers and principals.

Long-term educational and economic impacts of increasing access to contraceptives

Source: JournalistsResource.org

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — popularly referred to as Obamacare — opened for business on October 1, 2013, when the system’s health-care exchanges began enrolling members. Among the many changes under the ACA, employer-provided health plans must cover prescription contraception with no co-payment.