2008-02-14 How a Movement Disorder Can Affect a Child’s Life
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series on learning disabilities with a look this week at a condition called dyspraxia. Dyspraxia is a movement disorder.…
2008-02-07 Dysgraphia – More Than Just Bad Handwriting
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. People who have unusual difficulty with reading, writing, listening or working with numbers might have a learning disability. We talked last week…
2008-01-24 Series on learning disabilities
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we begin a series of reports about learning disabilities. Experts say the problem is not with intelligence or the willingness to…
2008-01-10 US Colleges Move to Increase Financial Aid
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A recent decision by Harvard University to expand financial aid is putting pressure on other schools to do the same. The full…
2008-01-17 With College Endowments, How Much Is Too Much?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An endowment is money from donations and investments. Colleges use endowment money for student aid and campus improvements, and for financial security.…
2008-01-03 On the Web, College Classes With No Charge or Credit
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but growing number of colleges and universities. About one hundred sixty schools around…
2007-12-27 Rating College Football Teams Off the Field
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we have the second of two reports about the education of college athletes in the United States. Millions of Americans follow…
2007-12-20 College Athletes: Students First, Athletes Second?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. One of our listeners has a question about college athletes in the United States. Amni Garcia in Mexico would like to know…
2007-12-13 Life on the Tenure Track – A Historian’s History
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Now, we continue our discussion from last week about the pay for professors in the United States. We looked at the averages.…
2007-08-16 Teacher in Space Answers Questions From Students
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. SOUND: “Good morning, Discovery Center — good afternoon. We’re happy to be here with you. This is Al Drew, Clay Anderson, Dave…
2007-12-06 Excuse Me, Professor, How Much Do You Earn?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we answer a question from a listener who wants to become a Spanish professor. Orlando Carvajal asks how much professors earn…
2007-11-29 Unscientific Poll – Calculators Subtract From Thinking Skills
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we asked how you feel about calculators in school. We heard from about thirty people in twelve countries, including a large…
2007-11-22 Pilgrims Face Competition in Thanksgiving Lessons
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Tradition says early English settlers known as the Pilgrims held…
2007-11-15 Number of Foreign Students Rises in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities in the United States increased three percent last year.…
2007-10-25 Weighing the Idea of a Year Off Before College
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Britain and other countries, young people sometimes take a “gap year,” a year off between high school and college. This idea…