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…
2011-02-03 Can America Win the Education Race?
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,…
2011-01-27 Mentors Try to Improve Lives of Homeless Children
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…
2011-01-20 Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing About Fears
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…
2011-01-13 More Young Women Find a Calling in Catholic Order
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…
2011-01-06 Are You Learning English? These Songs May Help
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…
2010-12-23 Testing New Ways to Recognize What Makes a Good Teacher
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…
2010-12-30 Remembering Math Teacher Jaime Escalante
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…
2010-12-16 Lessons From Shanghai’s Top Scores on International Test
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,…
2010-12-02 A High School Offers Single-Sex Classes to Top Students
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…
2010-12-09 These Jazz Students Play for Justice
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…
2010-11-25 Giving Thanks for a Winning Soccer Team
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…
2010-11-18 China Passes India as Top Country Sending Students to US
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…
2010-11-11 Prison Program Aims to Get Teens to Avoid a Life of Crime
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…
2010-11-04 Music Teacher in Boston Offers Life Lessons to Young People
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…