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...
A new study suggests high school graduates are less likely to be sent to prison and receive slightly shorter prison sentences than similar criminal offenders who did not finish high school.
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.
When given a choice of public schools, middle-class parents choose those located in wealthier areas with fewer immigrants and fewer residents who practice minority religions such as Islam and Hinduism, a new study suggests.
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.
