2022-12-17 Math Professor Connects Teaching Method in India, US
Growing up in India, Vinay Kanth Rao loved math and knew that he wanted to teach math someday. After earning his master’s degree in mathematics from the National Institute of…
2022-12-14 Rural South Korean Schools Welcome Seoul Students
In the 1970s, more than 800 students filled the classrooms of Cheontae Elementary School in rural Hwasun County. The school is set among a group of small villages and rice…
2022-12-10 Big Tech, Community Colleges Partnering in Education
Neethi Anand Gangidi came from India to the United States to study chemical engineering. But when the Covid-19 pandemic created difficulties for her doctoral studies, she changed direction by studying…
2022-12-06 Why Did Students Struggle Most in Math during the Pandemic?
Students at American public schools struggled in math during the pandemic. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) is a math and reading test given to fourth and eighth grade…
2022-12-03 Classical Violin Brings Afghan, Iranian to Indiana
Mehran Fanous wanted to play the violin from the moment he first heard a recording at the age of six. And ten-year-old Parastoo Heidarinejad heard that the instrument was difficult…
2022-11-29 Schools Struggle to Meet Students’ Mental Health Needs
School systems across the United States have struggled to find workers to deal with students’ mental health needs. Mental health problems among students have worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic began.…
2022-11-26 Universities Study Athletes’ Mental Health after Recent Crises
Late last summer, two football players at Indiana State University were killed in a car crash. Just over one week ago, three football players at the University of were killed…
2022-11-22 In America, Some School Boards Have Student Members
School boards are usually made up of elected members who make policy decisions about local public school districts. In the United States, some school boards have representatives who are students.…
2022-11-19 Experts Advise Students to Be Cautious on Twitter
Businessman Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter just three weeks ago. And many people have been concerned about the future of the social media company ever since. Alexandra Roberts…
2022-11-15 Schools, Parents Disagree over Bans on Student Mobile Phones
Growing numbers of schools in the United States are limiting how much students can use their mobile phones. Educators say phones are distracting and keep children from learning. But some…
2022-11-12 Community Colleges Offer More Programs at Low Cost
When international students think of college in the United States, they may think of top universities like Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. Or they may have heard of large state schools…
2022-11-08 New English Assessment as Part of PISA Study
Cambridge University Press and Assessment is partnering with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on a new English language assessment. The goal of the new assessment is to…
2022-11-05 How to Avoid Plagiarism
In the digital age, it has become easy for students to find and copy published material. But copying another person’s writing without giving them credit can get students into big…
2022-11-01 A Small US Town Teaches English to Immigrants’ Children
A community in the southern state of Alabama is experimenting to find a better way to teach students who are learning English as their second language. To reach its goal,…
2022-10-31 US High Court Reviews Race Consideration in College Admission
The United States Supreme Court again is hearing arguments about race-based considerations in university admissions policies. The cases concern such policies at the University of North Carolina (UNC), a public…