2007-12-06 Excuse Me, Professor, How Much Do You Earn?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we answer a question from a listener who wants to become a Spanish professor. Orlando Carvajal asks how much professors earn…
2007-11-29 Unscientific Poll – Calculators Subtract From Thinking Skills
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we asked how you feel about calculators in school. We heard from about thirty people in twelve countries, including a large…
2007-11-22 Pilgrims Face Competition in Thanksgiving Lessons
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Tradition says early English settlers known as the Pilgrims held…
2007-11-15 Number of Foreign Students Rises in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities in the United States increased three percent last year.…
2007-10-25 Weighing the Idea of a Year Off Before College
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Britain and other countries, young people sometimes take a “gap year,” a year off between high school and college. This idea…
2007-11-08 After 40 Years, Calculators in School Still Add Up to Debate
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Can you do the math: What is one hundred times four, divided by the square root of a hundred? If you know…
2007-10-18 Colleges See Green in Sustainability Studies
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We talked last week about a movement to build environmentally friendly school buildings in the United States. Today we look at the…
2007-11-01 The Many Sounds of College Radio
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. No two college radio stations sound alike. (SOUND) Some stations have a low-budget sound and students do all the work. Others, like…
2007-10-11 ‘Green’ Schools Grow Around Us
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Alexandria, Virginia, the two thousand students at T.C. Williams High School started classes last month in a new building. It was…
2007-10-04 New Civics Questions for US Citizenship Test
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. What does the Constitution do? What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? What did Susan B. Anthony do? These…
2007-09-27 The Debate Over Merit Pay for Teachers
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The idea seems reasonable. Recognize better workers with extra pay. But it’s not that simple. Performance may be easy to measure in…
2007-09-13 Appalachian State in Public Eye After Win Over Michigan
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An exciting start to the college football season: A team that many people never heard of defeats one of the best in…
2007-09-20 Longer School Day = More Learning? Not Necessarily
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we talked about how some American schools have made changes in the traditional school year. Their goal is to improve student…
2007-08-30 Debating Year-Round Education
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we continue our discussion of school calendars as a new American school year begins. Some people say the traditional calendar of…
2007-09-06 Virginia Tech Report Criticizes Mental Health System, School Actions
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A committee gave its findings last week about the Virginia Tech shootings in April. The committee appointed by Virginia’s governor and led…