2011-05-26 Dealing With Sexual Violence on Campus
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we told you about a call for American educators to do more to protect students from sexual violence on campus.…
2011-05-19 US Schools Under Pressure to Deal With Sexual Violence
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Federal officials in the United States are telling schools that they need to do a better job of preventing sexual violence and…
2011-03-24 Meet Some Top Students in the Intel Science Talent Search
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the United States. The forty finalists were…
2011-05-12 A School Where Children Learn to Eat Better
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. About one-fifth of Americans age six to nineteen are considered overweight. To reduce those numbers, some schools are teaching children to make…
2011-05-05 Thousands of US Teachers Lose Jobs as States Cut Budgets
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. America’s recession ended in June of two thousand nine but recovery has been slow. Many states face budget problems and have cut…
2011-04-28 A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progress in Science
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few years ago, a university researcher was having problems with an experiment that involved medical imaging. His adviser and his friends…
2011-04-21 British Kids + Online Tutors in India = Divided Opinions
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. India was once a colony in the British Empire. But now Indian tutors are helping to teach math to some British children…
2011-04-14 A Push to Get More Indonesians to Study in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Obama administration wants to double the number of Indonesians studying in the United States. More than fifty American universities recently attended…
2011-04-07 A School Newspaper Links Sioux Indian Teens to Their Community
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the American state of South Dakota is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. It’s also where…
2011-03-31 Children at US School Show Their Support for Victims in Japan
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Cranes are large birds with long legs and necks. In Japan and other East Asian cultures, they represent luck and long life.…
2011-03-17 Debating the Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools and Buildings
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Giles County, Virginia, the school board has removed displays of the Ten Commandments from its schools. The county thought that posting…
2011-03-03 In Class With Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, Asia
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. President John Kennedy began the program in nineteen sixty-one. The Peace Corps…
2011-03-10 Teaching Children How to Think Internationally
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The International Primary Curriculum is an idea that began in Britain eight years ago. Today this curriculum is taught in more than…
2011-02-24 Rebuilding Higher Education in South Sudan
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. On July ninth, South Sudan becomes the world’s one hundred ninety-third nation. Almost ninety-nine percent of voters last month chose independence from…
2011-02-10 Jakarta Holds Southeast Asian English Olympics
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Southeast Asian English Olympics begin Monday in Jakarta. High school and university students will compete to demonstrate their English skills at…