2012-01-26 Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we told you about a finding that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That…
2012-01-19 A Community Helps Burmese Refugees Learn English
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. About eighteen thousand refugees from Burma have come to the United States each year since two thousand seven. Some have settled in…
2012-01-12 More School May Mean Higher IQ Scores
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A study in Norway has found that students who stayed in school longer than others their same age scored higher on intelligence…
2011-12-22 Education Group Gives 170 Million to 7 Countries
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A three-year effort in developing countries will seek to put twenty-five million children in school for the first time. Another goal of…
2011-12-29 Rural Medical School Competes With City Life
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Many rural areas in the United States have no doctor. Some medical schools are trying different ways to treat the problem. One…
2011-12-15 Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some people think of politics as a game. But an online game lets people think of themselves doing one of the hardest…
2011-12-08 Program Helps Students Express Themselves with Creative Writing
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 826 is the name of a non-profit organization that works to help students become better writers by thinking creativity. 826 is also…
2011-11-24 A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Nine years ago, Maine became the first American state to provide laptop computers to all seventh and eighth graders in public schools.…
2011-12-01 Scientists, Engineers Help Elementary School Teachers
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the United States brings scientists and engineers into elementary schools to teach teachers more about how to teach science.…
2011-11-17 Number of Foreign Students in US Continues to Rise
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States has increased for the fifth year. The Institute of…
2011-11-10 Young Haitians in Florida Learn About US Culture and Their Own
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The state of Florida is home to one of the largest populations of Haitians outside of Haiti. The city of Miami has…
2011-11-03 What to Do About ‘Reverse Brain Drain’ in US?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Congress is studying how to change immigration policies in an effort to get more foreign students to stay and work in the…
2011-10-27 Study-Abroad Programs Take Deeper Dive Into Local Culture
This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. Each year about two hundred fifty thousand Americans study in other countries. Some study-abroad programs are trying harder to get students to…
2011-10-20 Business Students Compete to Solve Global Problems
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Hult International Business School has campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai. The Hult Global Case Challenge is a competition…
2011-10-13 East Asian Educators Look to US Schools for Ideas
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. High school students in Asia often do better than American students on international math and science tests. Experts say part of this…