2006-01-12 University of Virginia Is New Home for ‘Semester at Sea’
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. Three times each year, the Semester at Sea program takes…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…