2013-04-18 The Kibera School for girls in Nairobi, Kenya
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The Kibera School for girls in Nairobi, Kenya offers free tuition, uniforms, books and meals to girls who qualified. The students…
2013-05-02 Law Schools in the United States Focuses more on Practical Work
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A law professor from Iraqi-Kurdistan recently had a chance to tour some of the top law schools in the United States.…
2013-04-25 UNICEF Reported Good News about Education in Somalia
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund has reported good news about education in two regions of Somalia. The two – Puntland…
2013-03-14 Developing curriculum based on student writing
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. One World Education is a nonprofit group based in Washington. It has a program in which teachers develop…
2013-03-07 Calling attention to the words and letters may lead to better readers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Teachers and parents normally call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a…
2013-03-21 Some law schools offer a way to save a year
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Recently, we told you how some medical schools in the United States offer future doctors a way to…
2013-04-04 A Open-air Exhibit Grows at a Museum
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Outdoors, in the open air, seems like a natural place to study natural science. It also makes sense in a place like…
2013-02-14 More and more children in Liberia are leaving school
This is the Education Report in Special English. More and more children in Liberia are leaving school to work in the diamond mines. 15-year-old Mike Coleman dropped out of school…
2013-02-28 A Program Aims to Increase the Number of Americans Studying in China
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Last year 200,000 Chinese students were in the United States. That was a 23 percent increase over the…
2013-02-08 The formula for writing a five-paragraph essay
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Millions of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry. The formula is for writing a five-paragraph…
2013-02-21 The Afghan Youth Orchestra performed in the United States
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. The Afghan Youth Orchestra performed in the United States earlier this month. The 48 young musicians who travelled…
2013-01-31 The tenure positions in American higher education
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. In American higher education, the number of positions that offer the job security of tenure has been shrinking…
2013-01-24 What Online Teens Consider ‘Research’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence — and a not-so-good influence — on this…
2013-01-10 The effects of using entertainment media
This is the Education Report in Special English. Common Sense Media is a non-profit group in the United States that studies children’s use of media and technology. The group has…
2013-01-17 Medical schools are offering three-year programs
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Medical schools in the United States traditionally require four years of study. Now, a small number of universities…