2021-01-27 Tips for Better Conversations in English at Work
When we are learning a new language, carrying on a conversation can be difficult. It is even harder when there is the added pressure of doing a job well using…
2021-01-24 How Pandemic Has Changed College Applications for Students
One of the most important parts of a college application is a student’s list of “extracurricular activities.” A student might be a member of a sports team, spend time tutoring…
2021-01-24 Teens Tutor Others Online to Fill Need During the Pandemic
Charvi Goyal is a high school student from Dallas, Texas who helps out other classmates by tutoring them between classes. A tutor is someone who teaches one person or a…
2021-01-21 US College Program Accused of Human Trafficking
Eleven international students have taken legal action against companies and a small community college in the central United States. A lawsuit by the students accuses the companies and college of…
2021-01-20 US Push to Reopen Schools as Teachers Get Vaccinated
American political leaders are pushing for schools to reopen this winter as teachers started to receive COVID-19 vaccines. But others are concerned that they may not be ready. Last Thursday,…
2021-01-17 The Sound of a Foreign Word Caused Debate on US Campus
Last August, The University of Southern California, known as USC, became involved in a dispute over language that appeared widely in U.S. and Chinese news stories. It started with a…
2021-01-10 The Influence of a Non-Traditional High School Chief
Joe Clark was a non-traditional high school principal whose unusual way of enforcing rules became the subject of a 1989 Hollywood movie. Clark died late last year at the age…
2021-01-13 Teachers Help Students Understand Violence at US Capitol
Social studies teachers across the United States are changing their plans for lessons this week. They want to help young people make sense of the news about the violence in…
2021-01-10 Who Is Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Choice for Education Chief?
The United States will soon welcome Joe Biden as its new president. The president-elect has already named several people to serve in government leadership positions. For example, Janet Yellin is…
2021-01-06 Outdoor Education Continues in the Cold
Cindy Soule is a teacher in Portland, Maine, an area known to have extremely cold and snowy winters. But cold weather is not stopping Soule and her students from continuing…
2021-01-02 College Students Among Leaders in Coronavirus Reporting
Student reporters have been on the frontlines of COVID-19 news coverage at their universities. This year, many of them broke stories about the spread of the new coronavirus on school…
2020-12-30 How to Break Bad Habits
Imagine you are studying English. Perhaps you are learning new words or expressions. But then you feel the need to check your phone. Perhaps you look on social media. You…
2020-12-27 2020 Was a Difficult Year for Teachers and Learners
At the beginning of 2020, the problems faced by American schools and colleges included issues like slavery, school shooting, sexual assault and the use of technology. That all changed in…
2020-12-23 To Keep Schools Open, Schools Ask College Students to Help
In a town near Indianapolis, Indiana, 19-year-old college student Grace Kern has been working in elementary school classrooms. She is helping students as teachers offer instruction online via a screen…
2020-12-23 Try These Apps to Improve Your Pronunciation
Have you ever been sure that you were pronouncing a word correctly only to find out just how wrong you were? That happened to me on a trip to France…