2015-10-14 Rethinking Grammar: Who Makes the Rules?
If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using a language. Maybe you had to “unlearn” some grammar patterns…
2015-10-17 Students Get Motivation Straight From the Top
It is a common complaint of students: What they are learning does not have a practical use. The quickest way for students — or anybody for that matter — to…
2015-09-30 Terror in Cameroon Targets School Children
The Cameroonian government says that terrorism threatens large numbers of schoolchildren. Two bomb attacks killed nine people last month in the town of Kolofata, near the border with Nigeria. At…
2015-09-25 Kenyan Education Ministry Orders Schools to Close
Last week, we reported that Kenyan teachers went on strike. They want the government to honor a court decision that requires a 50- to 60-percent increase in teachers’ pay. Because…
2015-09-23 Students Love Grammar! So Why Do Teachers Hate It?
Today we have a special guest. Betty Azar is the most successful writer of grammar textbooks in the world. Generations of English learners will recognize her best-selling book Understanding and…
2015-09-16 Kenya Teachers’ Strike Continues for Third Week
Dispatch from Kenya: This article comes from James Mwangi, Director of Mavens Education Centre in Kenya, a private school in Kenya. Mr. Mwangi was the winner of an essay contest…
2015-09-16 Afghan Refugee Wins UN Award for Teaching
Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees. For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015…
2015-09-10 Calais School Offers Migrants Help in Time of Crisis
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Those sounds you hear are from the Chemins des Dunes School in France. The school serves a camp for migrants near…
2015-09-03 Cambodia: No-Cheating Exam Rule Is Working
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The top education official in Cambodia is praising efforts to prevent final-year high school students from cheating on their exams. Minister…
2015-08-26 Betty Azar, ‘Rock Star’ of English Grammar
It all started with a question from a student. The year was 1965. Betty Azar was teaching her first English as a Second Language class at the University of Iowa.…
2015-08-19 Peshawar Attack Survivors Learn Nanotechnology in US Visit
On December 16, 2014, Taliban militants attacked Pakistan’s Army Public School. They killed 132 children and 13 teachers. Many call the day Pakistan’s 9/11. Pakistan reacted strongly. Its army expanded…
2015-08-13 Police and Children Connect at Summer Camp
For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Recent killings by police officers have raised tensions in some American communities. The Washington Post newspaper reported that police officers have…
2015-08-08 Are American College Entrance Exams Unfair?
A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without an SAT or ACT test score. The SAT…
2015-08-06 African Universities: More Students, Less Money
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Education experts say Africa’s growing higher education system is important to its economic development. But African universities face a number of…
2015-07-30 Study Shows How Poverty Could Limit Learning
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Studies have shown that children from poor families have more difficulty in school than other boys and girls. Children with higher…