2017-01-10 Start the New Year By Setting Reasonable Learning Goals
Editor’s note: We revisit one of our popular Education stories from 2016 – an article that provides a good way to start the new year: setting reasonable goals for learning…
2017-01-07 Immigrants Learn New Customs in New Lands
Over 1 million migrants arrived in Europe in 2015. Most were fleeing struggling economies and war in places like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and East Africa. Many of these people arrive…
2017-01-03 From Nairobi to North Carolina: A Kenyan Teacher’s Journey
One day in May 2015, James Gitau Mwangi was reading in the library at the American Reference Center in Nairobi. He did not know that a conversation he overheard there…
2016-12-27 Look for Patterns to Improve Your Writing and Speaking
Editor’s Note: This week, we revisit one of the most popular Education stories of 2016. In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about…
2016-12-31 Student Newspapers at U.S. Colleges Face Pressure
Freedom of the press is one of the most valued rights protected under the United States Constitution. Among other things, the constitution’s First Amendment bars creation of any law limiting…
2016-12-24 Step-By-Step Guide to a Great College Paper
Strong writing is one of the most important skills for any college student. Many non-native English speakers have no idea what professors in the U.S. expect from a college paper.…
2016-12-17 Conservative US Website Targets Professors
College professors are no strangers to politics. Political science professors teach at almost every university in the United States. And like all of us, professors of each and every specialty…
2016-12-20 Obama’s Education Policies Likely to Change Under Donald Trump
Like other top officials in the administration of President Barack Obama, Education Secretary John King will leave government on January 20. King gave a speech last week, talking about his…
2016-12-13 Students Use ‘One Minute Mysteries’ to Solve Problems
Earlier this year, we reported on how some English teachers are using murder mysteries to teach English. Today we tell about an educational series called “One Minute Mysteries.” Each book…
2016-12-10 Foreign Medical Students Face Difficulties in the U.S.
International students seeking a medical degree in the United States face serious difficulties. First, there is often a language barrier. Students from non-English speaking countries could have a hard time…
2016-12-06 Refugees Improve English Skills While Waiting for Resettlement
For many refugees around the world, boredom is a fact of life. While the United Nations High Commission on Refugees – or UNHCR – works on resettling them, they wait.…
2016-12-03 Majority of US Undergraduates Are ‘Nontraditional’
There is a commonly held belief in the United States about the best path to a college education. Many Americans would say this path involves graduating from high school at…
2016-12-01 Lawyers, Teachers in Cameroon Strike for More English
Protests over the English language in Cameroon have grown violent. A strike, called to increase the use of English, has spread to schools and universities in English-speaking areas. Lawyers and…
2016-11-29 What Is a Charter School?
Last week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education in his administration. DeVos is an education activist. She supports school choice — a term…
2016-11-26 ‘President Trump’ Worries Some International Students
Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was one of the almost 400 international students attending the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Twenty-four-year-old Alnahdi was from Saudi Arabia. He began his studies at the school in…