2016-07-19 Should Murder Mysteries Be Used in Classrooms?
The scene is very troubling. White lines mark the place on the floor where a person has fallen — dead.…
2016-06-23 US Supreme Court Upholds College Affirmative Action
The U.S. Supreme Court says the University of Texas can consider race when deciding which students to admit. The case…
2016-06-21 Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off
A new study says students who attended for-profit private colleges in the United States to learn a trade saw their…
2016-06-21 Improve Your English by Using Movements
In the Education Tips series, education experts offer suggestions about how you can improve your English skills. This week, Tamara…
2016-06-18 Rolling with the ‘Tide’ at the University of Alabama
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a new ongoing series about international student life at colleges and universities across…
2016-06-14 College Entrance Exams Cancelled in S. Korea, Hong Kong
The non-profit company that gives the ACT college entrance exam canceled plans to give the test last Saturday in South…
2016-06-13 Students in Brazil Occupy High Schools
Brazil now faces its own Occupy Movement in public schools. High school students have taken over more than 300 public…
2016-06-11 Making New Friends, Keeping Old Ones at ‘Ole Miss’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a series about international student life at colleges and universities across the U.S.…
2016-06-04 International Students Find ‘Gator Spirit’ at University of Florida
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the first part of a new ongoing series about international student life at colleges and…
2016-06-04 University Student Drops Out of Ivy League
A Columbia University student said she ran away in May because life at the highly ranked school was too stressful.…
2016-05-31 Improve Your English By Using Common Objects
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Pronouncing English can be difficult. One reason is because English has…
2016-05-13 How Colleges Keep Students from Dropping Out
Tyler Mulvenna worked three jobs last summer, but was still short the money he needed to pay for college. Mulvenna,…
2016-05-10 Education Tips: Improve Your English by Looking for Patterns
In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how you can improve your…
2016-05-24 Improve Your Pronunciation By ‘Shadowing’ Others
Many English learners can improve their pronunciation by listening carefully to native English speakers and trying to match the up-and-down…