2008-10-16 Foreign Student Series – 06. Accreditation Explained
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Now, we continue our Foreign Student Series for those of you considering an American college or university. One of the things you…
2008-10-09 Foreign Student Series – 05. Colleges and Degrees
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We answer questions from two students this week in part five of our Foreign Student Series on American higher education. Sylla Hamed…
2008-10-02 Foreign Student Series – 04. Public or Private?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today, in week four of our Foreign Student Series, we discuss differences between public and private in American higher education. A big…
2008-09-25 Foreign Student Series – 03. College, University or Institute?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Americans use the term “college students” to mean students either in colleges or universities. Not only that, Americans almost never say “going…
2008-09-11 Foreign Student Series – 01. An Introduction
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener in Poland recently sent us an e-mail. Slawek Loboda writes: “There are many American universities and colleges that provide long…
2008-08-28 Minding the Summer Learning Gap
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback.…
2008-09-04 School, and Family, Budgets Under Pressure
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Fifty million public school children in America are starting a new school year. The number is a record high. Yet, at the…
2008-08-21 Interest Grows in International High Schools in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some American high schools are for students with special interests, like science or the arts. New York City even has a program…
2008-08-14 Young Voices in the Fight Against AIDS
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. One thousand young people from around the world attended the International AIDS Conference last week in Mexico City. They were there to…
2008-08-07 Former Teach for America Member Says The Program Changed Her Life
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Teach for America is a non-profit program that places new teachers in schools in low-income areas across the country. The teachers must…
2008-07-31 NYU Pushes Foreign Study
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The number of American students who study in other countries has been growing. The Institute of International Education, in its most recent…
2008-07-17 High Fuel Prices Mean a Hard Road for School Buses
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. High fuel prices are affecting all areas of life, including education. The United States has an estimated four hundred seventy-five thousand school…
2008-07-24 Schools Look to Save Money With Four-Day Week
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. As we said last week, American schools are looking for ways to save money on bus transportation because of high fuel prices.…
2008-07-10 ‘Summer Work/Travel’ Brings Many Students to US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, we answer a question from a student in Odessa, Ukraine. Marushka wants to know about a program that lets foreign…
2008-07-03 Debating Eighth-Grade Graduations
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In the United States, middle school is the period between elementary school and eighth grade. Often this is a difficult period of…