2022-10-30 Editors of Famous Quotation Book Struggle to Keep Up
A book called Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations has been published in the United States since the 1850s. A quotation is something that has been said or written that people like to…
2022-10-29 Small US Colleges Use Course Sharing to Add New Programs
Dylan Smith is in his second year at Adrian College, a small liberal arts school with about 1,600 students in the state of Michigan. When Smith was looking at colleges,…
2022-10-25 Should High School Graduates Do a Year of Service?
As high school graduates enter adulthood, some may be unsure of what to do next. They might not be ready to attend college. They might not have the skills to…
2022-10-24 Test Scores in US Show ‘Historic’ Drop Following COVID
Students across the United States have had “historic” drops in math and reading test scores since the start of the pandemic. Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases…
2022-10-22 How Difficult Should Organic Chemistry Be?
Maitland Jones, a well-known organic chemistry professor at New York University (N.Y.U.), was fired over the summer. The 84-year-old professor wrote a famous book: “Organic Chemistry” which is still used…
2022-10-18 Facing Shortage of Teachers, US States Ease Requirements
Some schools in the southern United States are dealing with severe teacher shortages. Many of these schools are turning to teaching candidates without teaching certificates or official training. In 2019,…
2022-10-15 ACT Test Scores in US Fall to Lowest in 30 Years
This year’s results on a U.S. college admissions test are the lowest they have been in 30 years. Experts say the results are the latest evidence of learning interference caused…
2022-10-13 More Children’s Books Dealing with Violent Events Like Shootings
This school year, some students in the United States have bigger worries than completing all of their homework. Demand has been growing for children’s books that deal with traumatic events…
2022-10-11 World Leaders Seek to Improve Basic Learning Skills
Before a child can read a book, they must know how to read a sentence. Before they can read a sentence, they must know how to read individual words. And…
2022-10-08 Study: Nobel Prize often Goes to Creative Thinkers, Not Specialists
Experts often tell students to center their efforts on a narrow field to get a job after school. But recent research into Nobel Prize winners suggests that wider interests are…
2022-10-08 Hurricane Ian Causes School Closures in Florida
Rescue and recovery operations are continuing in areas affected by the storm in southwestern Florida. Several school systems in the area cannot yet say when they will be ready to…
2022-10-04 Cantonese Speakers Worry about Future of Their Language
For years, learning to speak Cantonese was not that hard in San Francisco. It is a place where Cantonese speakers from South China have migrated for over 150 years. But…
2022-10-01 More University Study Programs Become STEM-designated
International students who come to the United States often study science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. Not as many come for programs in humanities or the arts,…
2022-09-27 Public Libraries Aim to Bring in More Visitors
A public library in Boston has a place for serving alcoholic, book-themed drinks. A library in Maryland has a basketball court steps away. Another in Delaware has a room for…
2022-09-24 Understanding Context Is Important for International Students in US
International students in the United States need to understand context and culture if they want to succeed in their studies, experts say. Understanding context means knowing the situation in which…