2021-10-14 Building Fire Takes 46 Lives in Taiwan
A nighttime building fire in southern Taiwan that took hours to bring under control killed 46 people Thursday. Officials in…
2021-10-14 Ukraine Airline Updates Work Clothes for Female Flight Attendants
Imagine you are preparing to take a flight. As you step onto the plane, you are greeted by a flight…
2021-10-14 81-Year-Old Skateboarder Learns New Tricks
Yoshio Kinoshita of Japan is not letting his age stop him from learning new tricks on a skateboard. Almost every…
2021-10-19 Colin Powell, former US Diplomat, General, Dies of COVID
Colin Powell, the first Black American to serve as secretary of state and top military officer, has died at the…
2021-10-14 Americans Agree Misinformation Is a Problem
A new public opinion study suggests a big majority of Americans believe that the spread of misinformation is a problem.…
2021-10-13 ESL Programs Face Shortages, Learning Loss during Pandemic
Students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are a large and growing population in American schools. The U.S.…
2021-10-17 How Do Americans View International Students?
Jack Li received his doctorate in science from a major university in the southeastern United States in 2020. The Chinese…
2021-10-10 Does ‘The Chair’ Show What American University Life Is Like?
The Chair is a new program about life at an American university that might be of interest to foreign students…
2021-10-06 School Returns Go Better Than Expected
In many countries, children have been going to school for more than a month. So far, fears the Delta coronavirus…
2021-10-03 Publisher Aims to Help Poor Children Read More Books
A donation by a famous writer has helped start an effort, called the United States of Readers, to help poor…
2021-09-29 COVID-19 Creates US Shortage of Teachers, School Workers
Schools in the United States are welcoming back students to classrooms this autumn. But they are facing a new problem:…
2021-09-26 Carnegie Mellon Robotics Programs Return to In-Person Work
On an afternoon in early September, Carnegie Mellon University was busy with students even though it was raining outside. The…
2021-09-22 In Teaching Online, Educators Learn as They Go
School districts around the United States were not ready for online learning when the coronavirus health crisis hit – and…
2021-09-19 Are Artistic Advanced Degrees Worth the Cost?
A recent story in the Wall Street Journal newspaper looked at students who went to celebrated universities such as Columbia…
2021-09-15 School Vaccine Efforts Targeting Students Face Opposition
Andrew wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but was afraid his parents would not approve. He signed up for a…