2011-02-03 Can America Win the Education Race?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. President Obama talked a lot about education in his State of the…
2011-01-27 Mentors Try to Improve Lives of Homeless Children
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A mentor is someone who teaches or advises a younger person with…
2011-01-20 Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing About Fears
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even…
2011-01-13 More Young Women Find a Calling in Catholic Order
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new…
2011-01-06 Are You Learning English? These Songs May Help
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Songs teach language. Consider a song like “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne…
2010-12-23 Testing New Ways to Recognize What Makes a Good Teacher
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American…
2010-12-30 Remembering Math Teacher Jaime Escalante
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we remember a man who was considered one of the best…
2010-12-16 Lessons From Shanghai’s Top Scores on International Test
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, is a two-hour test…
2010-12-02 A High School Offers Single-Sex Classes to Top Students
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But…
2010-12-09 These Jazz Students Play for Justice
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Each year, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, presents a jazz…
2010-11-25 Giving Thanks for a Winning Soccer Team
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Americans gather with…
2010-11-18 China Passes India as Top Country Sending Students to US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, the Institute of International Education in New York published its…
2010-11-11 Prison Program Aims to Get Teens to Avoid a Life of Crime
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the eastern United States invites young people into a…
2010-11-04 Music Teacher in Boston Offers Life Lessons to Young People
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered early in life that music is…
2010-10-28 Obama, Democrats Aim Voting Appeals at Young People
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. On Tuesday, the United States will hold congressional and state elections in…