2006-01-05 U.S. Adults Make Few Gains in Reading Skills Since 1992
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About one in twenty adults in the United States cannot read English. A new federal study shows that adults made…
2005-12-29 SEED School Aims to Help Students Grow With Skills for Life
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. The SEED School in Washington, D.C., provides an intensive educational program in a boarding school environment. Students live at a…
2005-12-22 Over One Million U.S. Students Are Home-Schooled
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we told you about a big honor for a California teenager who is home-schooled. Sixteen-year-old Michael Viscardi of…
2005-12-08 Homecoming – A Way to Relive School Days of the Past
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hua Khanh Co, asks us about the tradition of “homecoming.” He explains…
2005-12-01 Drop in Foreign Students in U.S. Slows
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. We talked last week about the number of Americans studying in foreign countries. This week, our subject is foreign students…
2005-11-03 Washington University in St. Louis Forms Program With Asian Schools
This is Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, has announced a new international education and research effort. It involves fifteen Asian…
2005-11-10 New Reports Look at Education for Hispanics in the U.S.
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States government says Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the country. Hispanics are people of Spanish…
2005-10-27 Two U.S. Businesses Aim to Help Students Prepare for Science Jobs
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States Department of Labor says jobs requiring science and technology training will increase fifty-one percent through two thousand…
2005-10-20 Some American School Systems Prepare to Cut Middle Schools
This is Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Millions of American children between the ages of ten and fifteen attend middle schools. Middle school is the level…
2005-10-13 Educational Testing Service Begins New TOEFL Test
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Last month, the Educational Testing Service began using a new TOEFL. TOEFL is the widely used Test of English as…
2005-10-06 American Students Get Help With Schoolwork From Far Away
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. Some American students get help with their schoolwork from online companies whose teachers may be in another country. One example…
2005-09-22 O.E.C.D. Says Adult Schooling Should Not Be Limited to the Highly Skilled
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many countries need to do more to offer education and training for people of all ages. So says a new…
2005-09-29 U.S. Foundations Expand Support for African Universities
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Six organizations in the United States say they will provide two hundred million dollars for higher education in Africa. The…
2005-09-15 International Education Program Aims for Worldly Students
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Young people in more than one hundred countries can attend schools that offer International Baccalaureate programs. The International Baccalaureate Organization…
2005-09-08 Schools Offer Help for Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Education Report. Students from areas hit by Hurricane Katrina have received offers of help from education officials across the United States. The…