2016-01-12 Manbun Fights With Dadbod For ‘Word’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Does a manbun look good on top of a dadbod? Or would it be a good hairstyle for an ammosexual? And…
2016-01-16 Taking Steps Toward 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.…
2016-01-17 Conflict Puts 24 Million Children Out of School
Nearly 24 million children around the world are unable to attend school because of conflict. That is what UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said recently. UNICEF officials studied 22…
2015-12-26 Why Do Americans Color But the British Colour? Thank Noah Webster
Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. Noah Webster, Jr. collected words. He did not save just the words, of course, but also their meanings and spellings. His collection became…
2015-12-19 College Rankings Look at Many Factors
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Students in the United States usually start their college search by looking at rankings. Which are best academically? Which has the…
2015-12-17 Only Half of Syrian Refugee Children Attend School
There are about 650,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Turkey. Government officials estimate only about one-third of them are going to school. Educating the refugee children is an enormous task.…
2015-12-12 Google Looks to Black Universities for Diversity
The tech industry is driving the U.S. economy into the future, but not everyone is sharing in the prosperity. Only six percent of Facebook employees are Hispanic, Black or African-American.…
2015-12-16 New US Education Law Gives States More Control
States and local communities in the United States gained more control over education standards and testing last week. U.S. President Barack Obama signed the education reforms into law last week.…
2015-12-08 One School, Five Languages
In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New York’s Department…
2015-12-01 UK Minorities More Likely Than Whites to Attend University
For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report: A surprising new study says minority students in the UK are more likely to go to college than their poor white…
2015-12-05 Online University Offers Poor Students a Chance
Like many young people around the world, Emmanuel dreamed of getting a university education in the United States. The 26-year-old only told VOA his first name because he is an…
2015-11-28 US ‘Open Doors’ for International Students
More international students are studying at U.S. colleges and universities than ever before, a new report says. The report shows that nearly a million international students are studying at U.S.…
2015-11-24 Peacemakers, Employers Come Together for Education
For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Imagine you are a high school student in Lebanon. A new girl in your neighborhood has just arrived from Syria. You…
2015-11-21 International Students Find Ways to Pay High Tuition
When Marine Hayashi first arrived at American University in 2013, she was a little afraid. “I got homesick and I cried almost every day when I was in freshman year.…
2015-10-07 Most Promising Children Chosen for Program in Cambodia
A group of 50 Cambodian schoolchildren are trying a program to develop young people who can improve the country. They are working to develop a model program that can be…