2002-08-22 Special Education
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than six-million American students have physical or mental problems. These disabilities make it difficult for them to do normal schoolwork. Some…
2002-08-15 U.S. Early Childhood Education
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About forty years ago, only five percent of American children who were three or four years old attended early…
2002-08-08 Magnet Schools
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Many American students attend public schools called magnet schools. They are called magnet schools because they include students from all areas of…
2002-04-04 Charter schools
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent…
2002-04-11 Better Teachers
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Bush administration is trying to improve teaching in American public schools. The goal is to have all American teachers well prepared…
2002-08-01 National Education Association
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American public education activist Reg Weaver has been elected president of the National Education Association. The N-E-A is the country’s largest employee…
2002-07-18 School Choice Program
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States has about ninety-thousand public schools. The Department of Education reported this month that nine percent of these schools have…
2002-07-25 SAT Examination
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Each year, millions of people around the world apply to study at American colleges or universities. The most widely used college admissions…
2002-07-11 School Vouchers
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States Supreme Court has made an important decision about American education. Last month, the court ruled that poor parents can…
2002-06-27 Teacher Shortage
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American public schools do not have enough well-trained people to teach mathematics and science. Education experts say fewer than half the people…
2002-09-05 Schools Around the World
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Teachers in eight nations and Hong Kong are taking part in an unusual exchange of information. They are sharing excellent work by…
2002-08-29 Adult Education
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Millions of Americans take part in adult education programs. Some adults are completing high school, college or graduate school work. They attend…
2002-06-20 ESOL and Glebe School
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Millions of students in American schools today are recent immigrants or children of immigrants. About ninety-percent of their families come from countries…
2002-06-13 Latin Language Teaching
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Latin was the language of the ancient Roman Empire. It was the main language of western Europe for hundreds of years. Seventy…
2002-06-06 Geography Competition
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The National Geographic Society is a private organization that studies and explores the world. In nineteen-eighty-eight, the Society did a study of…