2014-11-06 Writing Groups Can Help Students with Papers
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report. Writing an essay or paper for school can feel like – and often is – a big challenge. But an expert from…
2014-10-30 A Kenyan School Feeds Students’ Minds and Stomachs
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report. Mildred Auma lives in Kibera, a large and poor neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. Every morning she wakes of her four-year-old son Augustine…
2014-10-15 Having Problems with a School Paper?
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report. Today we welcome a return visit from Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, assistant professor of The Practice in Writing Studies at Duke University in North…
2014-10-17 Free Online Test Targets English Learners
A private company has just launched what it calls “the world’s first free standardized English test.” Anyone with an Internet connection can take the test for free. The new exam…
2014-10-24 Tips for Applying to US Colleges
Editor’s note: Here at VOA Learning English we get a lot of questions from our audience about higher education in the United States. So we visited several universities and spoke…
2014-10-16 In Africa, New Technologies Help Teach Women to Read
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report. More and more Africans are using text messages, e-mail and social media to communicate. In Senegal, educators are using new technologies to…
2014-10-09 USAID Provides 231 Million for Girls Education in 5 Countries
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The Unite States government recently launched a $231 million education effort. The Let Girls Learn program is designed to advance public…
2014-10-23 Getting Started with TOEFL
If you are interested in studying at an American university, you have probably heard about the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The test is widely known as the…
2014-10-02 Boko Haram Threatening Schools in Cameroon
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The school year has begun in Cameroon. But thousands of students and teachers are fleeing their schools in towns that border…
2014-09-25 Tips for Better Writing
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Today we continue our series of expert suggestions for academic writing. Our guest is Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, assistant professor of the Practice…
2014-09-04 New US College Entrance Test Worries China
More than 200,000 Chinese students studied last year at a college or university in the United States. For many students, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, is simply another standardized…
2014-09-18 Chinese Students Flock to US High Schools in Soaring Numbers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Students from China have a long history of coming to the United States for education. And this month, American educators expect…
2014-09-07 Australia Links Aboriginal Aid to School Attendance
Parents in South Australia’s Aboriginal lands may lose some of their financial aid if they do not send their children to school. New rules link school attendance with payments for…
2014-08-28 Experts Share Tips for Writing School Papers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Many secondary and university students have returned to classes, or soon will. And some of you have told us that you…
2014-09-04 Free Language School in Vietnam Teaches Generosity
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. In Vietnam, two members of a family of street vendors (street sellers) are finding a way to help the poorest students…