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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.

U.S. emergency rooms are failing to identify elder abuse, 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.

In January 2017, President Donald Trump reinstated and expanded a policy that forbids international organizations from using U.S. foreign aid to promote abortion or provide information about abortion as a form of family planning.