2011-02-17 Comparing American and Chinese Parents
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some American parents might think their children need better educations to compete with China and other countries. But how much do the…
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some American parents might think their children need better educations to compete with China and other countries. But how much do the…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. President Obama talked a lot about education in his State of the Union speech last week. BARACK OBAMA: “We need to out-innovate,…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A mentor is someone who teaches or advises a younger person with less experience. January is National Mentoring Month in the United…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new clergy. The average age of priests and nuns is seventy…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Songs teach language. Consider a song like “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega. An American teaching English overseas once told us that…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American education. Late last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we remember a man who was considered one of the best teachers in the United States. Jaime Alfonso Escalante was born…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, is a two-hour test that compares the performance of fifteen-year-olds. In the latest test,…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Each year, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, presents a jazz concert. Around one thousand two hundred people attended this year’s…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Americans gather with family and friends to share a meal. Some celebrate the…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, the Institute of International Education in New York published its yearly report on international students in the United States. The…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the eastern United States invites young people into a prison to try to scare them away from prison. The…
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered early in life that music is magic. RICK AGGELER: “Music made me feel like anything was…