2004-01-22 Philadelphia Schools Revisited
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Almost two years ago, a Pennsylvania State committee removed more than forty Philadelphia public schools from city control. The…
2004-01-15 The Math Forum at Drexel
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many students and teachers of mathematics visit a Web site provided by Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site…
2004-01-08 High School Cyber Cafes
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Education Report. Cyber Café computer centers are found in many cities around the world. Now, a few American high schools are…
2003-12-18 Chinese, Italian Added to Advanced Placement Program
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The College Board says its Advanced Placement program will add four new languages for American high school students. Mandarin…
2003-12-11 Experts Call for More Arts Training in U.S. Schools
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many groups are working to widen and improve teaching of the arts in American schools. A current national campaign…
2003-11-20 Schoolyard Habitats
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Educational gardens called “Schoolyard Habitats” are growing at schools in almost every American state. To make a habitat, schoolchildren create a space…
2003-11-27 Middle School Recommendations
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. More than nine-million children in the United States attend public middle schools. Middle school is the level between elementary…
2003-12-04 Adult Education
This is Steve Ember with 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…
2003-11-06 College Costs in U.S.
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the cost of studies at public colleges in the United States increased fourteen percent this…
2003-11-13 Head Start Testing
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Four-year-old children in Head Start programs throughout the United States are taking a test. This test is meant to…
2003-10-30 Virtual Learning
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many people remember the day in school when they had to cut up a dead frog. Students often perform…
2003-10-23 Parent-Teacher Associations
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Six-million people in the United States belong to parent-teacher associations, or PTA’s. PTA’s work to help schools and students…
2003-10-16 Homework
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Students often say their teachers give them too much homework. Now, reports by two research organizations show that in…
2003-09-25 Reading Recovery
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. More than one-million school children in the United States have gone through a program called Reading Recovery. The program…
2003-10-09 Improving High School Reading and Writing
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An American expert has suggestions for helping high school students read and write better. Paul Thomas is assistant professor of education at…