2016-10-11 Group Teaches Life Skills to Help Afghan Women in US
Every day, more than 100 women of Afghan ancestry meet at a home in New York City. The women learn together in rooms that are crowded with chairs and small…
2016-10-08 What is the Value of a Liberal Arts Degree?
Some college students may wonder why their school asks them to take a class in philosophy when they are seeking a degree in physics. But studying several different subjects in…
2016-10-08 What Is the Best Way to Teach English?
The U.S. government’s top education official wants schools to do a better job teaching students whose first language is not English. U.S. Education Secretary John King said the issue is…
2016-10-04 ‘Achievement Gap’ Closing Slightly for Young Students in U.S.
It is no surprise that within many education systems, wealthier students often test better than poorer students. To education experts this is often called the “achievement gap.” What is a…
2016-10-01 American College Students May Need to be More Professional
College students might be surprised to learn they can take a class that only teaches about climbing trees. That class is taught at Cornell University in the American state of…
2016-09-24 ‘Major’ Change Might Help College Students Graduate
Only 60 percent of students seeking a bachelor’s degree at an American college or university finish their study program within six years. That information comes from the United States Department…
2016-09-27 American College Students Know Little of World Events
Young people in the United States do not have a strong understanding of the world and their place in it. Two U.S.-based groups, the Council on Foreign Relations and the…
2016-09-20 Improve Your Pronunciation by Humming
English learners can improve their pronunciation by working with pitch humming. This advice comes from Tamara Jones. She works for the English Language Center at Howard Community College in the…
2016-09-17 ‘Millennial’ College Students Deal with Mental Health Issues
Last time, we examined the growing number of college students seeking help for mental health issues. We also shared the stories of two students, Giorgia and Jason. Giorgia began attending…
2016-09-19 U.N.: Millions of Refugee Children Cannot Attend School
World leaders will gather at United Nations headquarters in New York this week for the yearly meetings of the U.N. General Assembly. The leaders have been invited to a special…
2016-09-10 More College Students Seeking Help with Mental Health
Over the last 10 years, the number of university students seeking help for mental or emotional problems has grown sharply. A 2015 report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health…
2016-09-13 STARTALK Language Program Teaches Intensive Russian
STARTALK is a language immersion program for students and teachers. Learning a language by immersion means a student is placed in an environment where only the target language is spoken.…
2016-09-07 School Year Begins in Cameroon, But Many Children Not in Class
Schools in Cameroon re-opened this week for the beginning of a new school year. But an estimated 100,000 children in northern Cameroon are not attending classes. They have been forced…
2016-09-06 Students Put Democracy Into Practice at Escuela Nueva Schools
From VOA Special English, This is the Education Report. At the beginning of September, children in many countries return to school. In classrooms all over, students sit in lines of…
2016-09-03 Immigrants Cooking Up a Fusion of Cultures and Cuisines
VOA Learning English talked with two students in the Culinary Arts program at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School. Maksym Olah is from the Ukraine, and Isidro Dubon comes from…