2006-07-13 Reaction Is Split as More Women, Fewer Men, Go to College
This is Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we had two reports about concerns over the…
2006-08-10 Interns Provide Free Labor, But Internships Are Not Always Free
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Many college students in the United States use their summer break to…
2006-06-22 Concerns at Progress of Boys in School Lead to Many Theories
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. There is a lot of discussion in the United States…
2006-06-29 New Study Disputes Idea of a Boy Crisis in U.S. Schools
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. As we discussed last week, there have been a lot…
2006-06-15 Fresh Out of College, and Already in Debt
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A college education can be very costly in the United…
2006-05-18 Blogs Help Teachers Learn From Each Other
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Education Report. Blogs are being used more and more by teachers. Many…
2006-05-11 Getting Into a Top College Gets Harder For Young Americans
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Some of America’s best universities have accepted an unusually low…
2006-06-01 Experts Will Study How to Improve Math Teaching in U.S.
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A new committee of experts will look for the best…
2006-06-08 Trying to Get More Students to Finish High School
I’m Mario Ritter with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many young people in the United States never finish high…
2006-05-04 Maryland Educator Is Named National Teacher of the Year
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland has been named National…
2006-03-02 Summers Resigns After Five Years as Harvard President
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Education Report. Harvard University President Lawrence Summers announced last week that he…
2006-03-09 New Version of Test for Graduate School Is Delayed
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The Educational Testing Service has delayed the new version of…
2006-02-23 Praise for Advanced Placement Classes, but Also Criticism
I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Education Report. The Advanced Placement program is fifty years old. As we…
2006-02-16 Advanced Placement Programs Grow in U.S. High Schools
This is Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Sixty percent of high schools in the United States…
2006-04-27 Some American Colleges Drop the SAT and ACT as Required Tests for Admission
This is Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States has more than three thousand colleges…