Education Report

2019-11-03 TOEFL Releases New App for English Test

Students around the world wanting help with the TOEFL English test have a new tool: a mobile app. The "TOEFL® official…

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2019-10-27 College Success: Helping Others to Help Yourself

Editor's Note: This report is part of a continuing series offering advice to students at colleges and universities on how…

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2019-10-23 Americans: Our Education System Is a Major Concern

A majority of Americans say they are not satisfied with the nation's education system. They also have little hope that…

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2019-10-16 South Sudanese Teacher Working with Refugees of All Ages

Teacher Koat Reath is a refugee from South Sudan. His students are, too. They smile as they sing along with…

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2019-10-20 More Colleges Use Chatbots to Communicate Online

Imagine you are about to complete high school and are thinking about attending a college or university. After doing some…

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2019-10-13 Marijuana Use Rising Among US College Students

The college years in the United States are a time for students to experiment. Many U.S. colleges and universities urge…

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2019-10-09 South Carolina College Teaches Old-School Trades

The sounds of artists at work fill workshops at the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. In the college's Iron…

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2019-10-06 More Than 2.2 Million Students Took SAT, Most Ever

The College Board said that more than 2.2 million students in the class of 2019 took the college entrance test…

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2019-10-02 Judge Rules Harvard Does Not Discriminate against Asian-Americans

A U.S. federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University's admission policy does not discriminate against Asian-American students. Judge Allison Burroughs…

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2019-09-30 California to Let College Athletes Make Money from Endorsements

The governor of California signed a law Monday that will permit college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals.…

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2019-11-10 Growing Global Student Debt Fuels Search for Solutions

Student loan debt is a worldwide problem. In the United States, the country's overall student debt reached a record $1.6…

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2019-11-06 U.S. Students Not Making the Grade in Math and Reading

A new report shows that most American fourth and eighth graders did not do well on math and reading tests.…

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2019-10-30 NCAA Votes to Permit College Athletes to Make Money

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has taken the first step toward permitting college athletes to make money from their "name, image…

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2019-09-04 Many Children Take a Love for the Planet Back to School

For many children in the United States, going back to school means more than returning to classes and homework. It…

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2019-09-29 Nudging: A Way for US Colleges to Support Students

For some people, higher education is not just a goal in life, but also an expectation. In the United States,…

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