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…
2006-04-20 College Applications From International Graduate Students Increase
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A recent report says more international graduate students are seeking…
2006-04-13 School Districts Approve Plans to Link Teacher Pay with Student Performance
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Last month, the Florida Board of Education approved a program…
2006-04-06 Oceangoing Programs for International Students
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. In January, we talked about the Semester at Sea program…
2006-03-30 Students Face New Worry: Wrongly Scored College-Entry Tests
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About five hundred thousand students took the SAT college-admissions test…
2006-03-23 Intel Science Talent Search Winners Announced
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. An eighteen-year-old high school student from Utah has won the…
2006-03-16 When Jazz Lovers Get Together to Listen and Learn
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Jazz began in America. It represents a mix of…