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EDUCATION REPORT - Graduations
EDUCATION REPORT - GraduationsBy Jeri WatsonBroadcast: May 29, 2003This is the VOA Special English Education Report.May and June are the months when most graduation ceremonies take place in the United States. Young people traditionally take part in ceremonies as they finish high school or college. But some are as young as four or five years old. These children are honored for finishing pre-school or kindergarten programs.Still others may be students completing their education in their old age. Every year, men and women older than age seventy or eighty receive diplomas or degrees. These documents are evidence that they have graduated.Traditionally, the school’s directors present the diplomas or degrees. Also, the graduates often wear traditional caps and gowns over their clothing. Most graduation ceremonies in the United States have a speaker who presents the commencement address.For example, President Bush recently spoke at the University of South Carolina. Mister Bush used the speech as a chance to propose a free trade area in the Middle East.Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to graduates of the Agricultural School at the University of Missouri at Columbia. He told students that he had not studied enough when he was first in college. But he said that he received a second chance to finish his studies and graduate. He called America “the country of second chances.”Former President Bill Clinton spoke to students at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. Mister Clinton told them he wanted them to do well in life. But he said he also wanted them to do good.Actors and other entertainers also are popular graduation speakers. For example, comic actor Bill Cosby spoke to students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Actor Michael J. Fox spoke to medical school graduates of the University of Miami in Florida. He urged them to care deeply about research. Mister Fox has Parkinson’s disease.Many colleges and universities have their own graduation traditions. For example, graduates of the United States Naval Academy throw their military hats in the air. This custom celebrates their becoming Navy or Marine Corps officers. Guests at the ceremonies at the school in Annapolis, Maryland, then are welcome to take the hats home. This Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version。
EDUCATION REPORT - New Book Compares Education Systems Around the World
EDUCATION REPORT - New Book Compares Education Systems Around the WorldBy Nancy SteinbachBroadcast: Thursday, June 30, 2005I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.A new book by two professors at Pennsylvania State University compares public education systems around the world. The book is called “National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling.”David Baker and Gerald LeTendre led a group of researchers who gathered information on about fifty countries. Some findings came from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. That study took place in nineteen ninety-four and again five years later.The professors say education is increasingly shaped by what they call "transnational forces." Officials in many countries are concerned about how their students compare with students in other countries.Each part of the book develops a different subject researched in schools around the world. One of the subjects is violence among students. The professors say countries with the most school violence include Hungary, Romania and the Philippines.They say the United States is somewhere in the middle, above nations like New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Spain and Australia. The findings are based on reports from students.Professor Baker says inequalities in educational systems act as an influence. He says schools that are sharply divided between "winners and losers" in math have higher levels of violence. "This does not mean that nations should stop trying to raise scores," he says. "But they should be careful to raise the performance among all students."Also, the researchers often found no connection between national performance andthe average amount of homework given in a nation. Teachers generally give little homework in countries with the highest average test scores, such as Japan, the Czech Republic and Denmark. But the professors say teachers in countries with low average test scores like Thailand, Greece and Iran often give lots of homework.Yet the authors say most teachers worldwide could learn to make better use of homework. Children are mostly given material to remember. But conditions at home, especially in poorer families, may not support the kind of environment needed to do such work.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. Our reports are on the Web at . I’m Gwen Outen.Date Last Modified on Saturday, July 02, 2005 By UNSV.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Maryland Educator Is Named National Teacher of the Year
EDUCATION REPORT - Maryland Educator Is Named National Teacher of the Year By Nancy SteinbachBroadcast: Thursday, May 04, 2006I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report.A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland has been named National Teacher of the Year. On June first she will begin a year as a national and international spokeswoman for education.Kimberly Oliver is the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She teaches five-year-old children at a public school in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington,D.C. President Bush honored her and other top teachers last week at the White House.Kimberly Oliver says she wants people to understand that the firstyears of a child's life are the most important for learning. She saysinvesting in children at a very young age will result in great gainslater in school and in life.She urges parents to read to children from an early age so they donot fall behind in school. One of the activities at her school is anevent called "Books and Supper Night." Families read together atthe school and receive free books to take home. Parents, childrenand teachers also eat dinner together. Broad Acres Elementary School is in a poor area. Many of the parents are immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver has helped improve learning at her school.She has received money to buy electronic learning systems, tape players and books in English and Spanish to send home with students. Parents say she has shown them how to help their children at home.She was born and raised in Delaware. She holds one degree in English and another in elementary education.Kimberly Oliver will follow in the steps of another teacher from the Washington area asNational Teacher of the Year. The current winner, Jason Kamras, was honored for his workteaching math to middle school students in the nation's capital.Kimberly Oliver and President Bush on April 26, 2006The National Teacher of the Year program began in nineteen fifty-two. It is a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers, with support from the publisher Scholastic and the financial services company ING.A fourteen-member committee chooses from among teachers honored as the best in their state.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. Read and listen to our reports at . Now here is a message for teachers:If you teach with Special English, let us know. Tell us how, and for what ages and subjects. And don't forget to tell us where you are from. Write to special@. I'm Steve Ember.。
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一、What is education?There are many opinions about education given by some scientists , artists , philosophers…..such as,Education with life began. When we perceive personality has been established, then the next instruction before it is hard to get moving it and change。
——(English) Shakespeare教育随生命开始。
在我们察觉个性已建立之前，后来的教诲已很难将它移动及改变。
——莎士比亚The largest the secret of education: to make exercise and thinking exercise mutual adjust.——(France)Rousseau教育的最大的秘诀是：使身体锻炼和思想锻炼互相调剂。
——卢梭The goal should be to cultivate the independent action and independent thinking of personal, but they will get the service to the society as oneself life highest goal."——Einstein学校的目标应当是培养有独立行动和独立思考的个人，不过他们要把为社会服务看作是自己人生的最高目标。
”——爱因斯坦Education is to help persons learn to think, to make independent, judgment, and as a responsible citizens' participation in work. ——(America)Robert Maynard Hutchins教育就是帮助学生学会自己思考，作出独立的判断，并作为一个负责的公民参加工作。
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Expand Your Skills for Writing College PapersThis is the VOA Learning English Education Report.Many students say there is no easy way to write college papers. This may be especially true if English is not your first language. Most teachers agree that there is no single "correct" way to create a personal essay or a research paper. But there are methods to help you structure your papers.One way often used to structure writing is the traditional five-paragraph essay. Many students learn this form in middle and high school. The paragraphs follow conventions, or established rules.Many students say there is no easy way to write college papers. This may be especially true if English is not your first language.The first paragraph is introductory. It tells the reader what the paper is about. It is followed by three paragraphs containing evidence that support the writer's argument. The final paragraph is the conclusion. It provides a reasoned opinion based on the evidence.Allison Cummings teaches English at Southern New Hampshire University. She is among many professors who find this form too simple for college work.Still, on the positive side, Ms. Cummings says the five-paragraph essay form teaches a student some tools for writing a paper. She says the form teaches the need for the opening statement, or thesis. This thesis tells the reader what will come next. In addition, students who have learned to write a five-paragraph essay know they must provide evidence. And Ms. Cummings says the writer will know a conclusion is required.But she also says the five-paragraph essay falls far short of college writing needs."Most of the subjects that students are asked to write about are going to involve more paragraphs, and more points, and more complexities."So, if a traditional method for structuring a research paper does not work, what steps can help you structure your writing? Ms. Cummings' students learn several ways learn to organize their papers. The pace at which they learn differs.Ms. Cummings says doing research for a paper helps some students in their writing. The teacher says noting the way the research is structured can help students organize their own writing."They'll read articles and see what other people argue about, whatever issue they're writing on, and get a sense of what the points are out there, what the debates are out there, and then let that structure what they come up with."Allison Cummings offers sample outlines – examples for organizing papers."If they want to use them, they are free to follow that kind of standard template..."Ms. Cummings also provides her students with examples of successful and unsuccessful student papers. That way, her class can see what works in a piece of writing and what does not.And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jeri Watson.______________________________________________________________Words in this Storyconvention –n. a custom or a way of acting or doing things that is widely accepted and followedintroductory –adj. providing information about something that is about to beginconclusion –n. a final decision or judgment: an opinion or decision that is formed after a period of thought or researchpositive –adj. good or usefulthesis –n. a statement that someone wants to discuss or provepace – n. the speed at which someone or something movesarticle –n. a piece of writing about a particular subject that is included in a magazine, newspaper, etc.Now it's your turn to use these Words in this Story. In the comments section, write a sentence using one of these words and we will provide feedback on your use of vocabulary and grammar.Class: Name:Expand Your Skills for Writing College PapersThis is the VOA Learning English Education Report.Many students say there is no easy way to write college papers. This may be especially true if English is not your first language. Most teachers agree that there is no single "correct" way to create a personal essay or a research paper. But there are methods to help you structure your papers.One way often used to structure writing is the traditional five-paragraph essay. Many students learn this form in middle and high school. The paragraphsfollow ________________, or established rules.Many students say there is no easy way to write college papers. This may be especially true if English is not your first language.The first paragraph is ______________. It tells the reader what the paper is about. It is followed by three paragraphs containing evidence that support the writer's argument. The final paragraph is the ____________. It provides a reasoned opinion based on the evidence.Allison Cummings teaches English at Southern New Hampshire University. She is among many professors who find this form too simple for college work.Still, on the _____________ side, Ms. Cummings says the five-paragraph essay form teaches a student some tools for writing a paper. She says the form teaches the need for the opening statement, or ____________. This thesis tells the reader what will come next. In addition, students who have learned to write a five-paragraph essay know they must provide evidence. And Ms. Cummings says the writer will know a conclusion is required.But she also says the five-paragraph essay falls far short of college writing needs."Most of the subjects that students are asked to write about are going to involve more paragraphs, and more points, and more complexities."So, if a traditional method for structuring a research paper does not work, what steps can help you structure your writing? Ms. Cummings' students learn several ways learn to organize their papers. The_____________at which they learn differs.Ms. Cummings says doing research for a paper helps some students in their writing. The teacher says noting the way the research is structured can help students organize their own writing."They'll read and see what other people argue about, whatever issue they're writing on, and get a sense of what the points are out there, what the debates are out there, and then let that structure what they come up with."Allison Cummings offers sample outlines – examples for organizing papers."If they want to use them, they are free to follow that kind of standard template..."Ms. Cummings also provides her students with examples of successful and unsuccessful student papers. That way, her class can see what works in a piece of writing and what does not.And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jeri Watson._____________________________________________________________。
EDUCATION REPORT - Teaching Fellows
EDUCATION REPORT — Teaching FellowsBy Jerilyn WatsonBroadcast: August 21, 2003This is the VOA Special English Education Report.New York City has the largest public school system in the United States. The city Department of Education operates one-thousand-two-hundred schools. Three years ago, the city badly needed more teachers. It especially needed good teachers to work in poor schools. To help deal with the teacher shortage, educators launched the New York City Teaching Fellows program.The program chose two-hundred-fifty people from other jobs to study to become classroom teachers.Today, more than three-thousand of these Teaching Fellows work in New York City schools. Most of them serve in the Bronx and Brooklyn areas of the city. They work in schools where students are performing poorly.Many of these Teaching Fellows teach mathematics, science or special education. Special education is for students who have learning disabilities or other problems. The schools have the greatest demand for teachers in these subjects.Teaching Fellows did not study education in college, like a lot of other teachers. They were lawyers, nurses, technology experts, business people and others. They prepare for their new occupation by taking intensive courses for about two months in the summer.During that time, they study educational ideas and methods. They also work in classrooms under supervision of people who have taught for years. They meet with advisors to discuss their progress. Then they begin work as teachers.While doing so, the Teaching Fellows also attend local universities to earn a master’s degree. These studies help them become accredited -- officially approved -- as teachers. Most of their expenses are paid through the program. The national service organization AmeriCorps also may help if its budget permits.Programs that put new teachers in classrooms faster than usual are spreading. Several communities have started them. For example, the city of Washington began a Teaching Fellows program in two-thousand-one.Many schools in the nation's capital have poor records and have needed teachers. Last fall, one-hundred Teaching Fellows were at work. At first, some school directors said they feared that the new teachers might not be well prepared. But officials say many school directors now want to consider hiring them.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version。
EDUCATION REPORT - It's College Graduation Season in the United States
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.This week, in part seven of our Foreign Student Series, we talk more about accreditation of American colleges and universities.To become accredited, programs have to meet quality standards that are set by an accrediting agency. In the United States, private organizations around the country handle this process.Schools must be reaccredited every ten years, or sooner. They can lose their accreditation if they have problems that are not corrected within a given period of time. For example, the George Washington University Medical School announced last week that it was correcting problems found by its accrediting agency. The medical school in Washington, D.C., has been given two years to meet the standards. School officials said the changes include writing more detailed course objectives and providing more study areas for students. The process of accreditation is designed in part to protect against "diploma mills." Theseoperations call themselves colleges or universities but provide no real education.In August, a husband and wife were sentenced to three years in federal prison in a case in the northwestern state of Washington. They operated Saint Regis University and more than one hundred other diploma mills. These businesses supplied worthless degrees to more than nine thousand people in the United States and around the world. The couple got seven million dollars.George Gollin, a physics professor at the University of Illinois, is an expert on accreditation who helped investigate the case. He advises students to get the exact name of a school they are interested in, then look for it on the Web site of a group known as CHEA. CHEA is the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The address is .Make sure a school or program is accredited by a legally recognized accrediting agency before paying any money. Only legitimate schools and programs are listed on the site. It also lists the only legally recognized agencies.Experts advise students to be suspicious of offers from schools that do not require much work or interaction with teachers. One warning sign is any offer of college credit for "life experience."And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. A link to the CHEA Web site can be found, along with our continuing Foreign Student Series, at . I'm Steve Ember.This is the VOA Special English Education Report.这里是VOA特别英语教育报道节目。
EDUCATION REPORT - A College Handbook Just for International Students
EDUCATION REPORT - A College Handbook Just for International StudentsThis is the VOA Special English Education Report.We continue our Foreign Student Series this week with a report on the International Student Handbook. This ( ) can be a useful guide if you are interested in ( ) a college or university in the United States. The College Board organization publishes a new one every year. In it, students may find much of the information they need to know about ( ) education in America. The International Student Handbook explains the higher education system and how to ( ) to schools. It explains the different ( ) and the kinds of ( ) ( ) available to foreign students. The handbook also gives information about admissions tests. The material is organized for undergraduate and graduate students. Information is provided about almost ( ) two-year and four-year schools. A printed copy of the International Student Handbook costs about ( ) dollars if you ( ) it through the College Board Web site. You might find it for less at a site like Amazon. Or, for ( ) dollars at the College Board site, you can read an ()version and print out a copy. The online handbook also includes links to more information. The Web site is ( ).com. We began our Foreign Student Series in September. So far, we have explored the American higher education system and government rules for coming to the United States. We have also talked about ( ) tests, the costs of an education and the different kinds of financial aid available. Some of our reports have been based on questions from our listeners. We welcome questions, and are happy to see all the interest in our series. But please understand that we can only answer ( ) questions. We cannot tell you how to get into the school of your choice or what you should study to be prepared. All we can do is suggest that students who are interested in a school should carefully read its Web site or ( ) materials. Then send an e-mail or letter to the ( ) office with any questions you have. There may also be a special office for international students.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Send your questions to special@. And remember to include your name and country. Our series continues next week, andall of the earlier reports can be found with transcripts and MP3 files at . I'm Steve Ember.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Learning to Read
EDUCATION REPORT – Learning to ReadBy Jerilyn WatsonBroadcast: June 10, 2004This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report.For most American children, summer is a time away from schoolbooks. But it is not supposed to be a time away from reading. One of the most important issues in American education is how to teach children to read. The most common methods depend on phonics. This system teaches children to connect words with the sounds of the letters that form those words.Children often learn the sounds of letters before they learn to read. With phonics, children are taught to “sound out” words they do not know. For example, to learn the word “cat,” children first learn to recognize the sound of the letter C. Then they learn the sounds of the letters A and T used together. Finally, they join these sounds to form the word.In another method of teaching phonics, children learn to recognize the whole word first. They write the word enough times until they remember it. Schools often present this method during the teaching of reading, not before. Then the children learn to study words for their sounds. This helps them understand why some letters are used in a word instead of others.Experts say phonics makes it possible for children to sound out many words that they do not recognize by sight. However, the sound of a letter is not always the same in every word. For this reason, many teachers add other methods to teach reading.A few years ago, a committee studied many reading methods. The National Reading Panel urged teachers to use phonics in their programs. And in two-thousand-two President Bush signed an education law called No Child Left Behind. It includes a program called “Reading First.” The goal is to increase the reading skills of American children. The program is based on the suggestions of the National Reading Panel.Over the years, there has been a lot of debate among teachers, parents and politicians over ways to teach reading. Another method is called whole language. Children are taught ways to learn new words not so much by how they sound as by how they are used. Supporters of phonics say this requires too much guessing. But a lot of experts say the best way to teach reading is to combine phonics and whole language methods.This VOA Special Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson. This is Steve Ember.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version。
EDUCATION REPORT - Winners of Children's Book Awards Announced
EDUCATION REPORT - Winners of Children's Book Awards AnnouncedBy Karen LeggettBroadcast: Thursday, February 09, 2006This is Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report.Every year, the American Library Association honors artists andwriters of books for children.One of these honors is the Newbery award. It is named for a bookseller in England in the eighteenth century, John Newbery.The Newbery Medal winner for two thousand six is Lynne RaePerkins for writing "Criss Cross." Her book is about four teenagersin a small town. They are trying to find the meaning of life andlove. They are fourteen years old."Criss Cross" is written in several different ways. Sometimes it is like a song. Sometimes it is like a poem:(READER)She wishedsomethingwould happen.Something good.To her.Looking at the bright, fuzzy picture in themagazine, she thought, Something like that.Lynne Rae Perkins is a writer and artist. "Criss Cross" is her sixth book.Another award, the Caldecott, honors the best American picture book of the year. It is named for an artist from England, Randolph Caldecott. The Caldecott Medal winner thisyear is Chris Raschka for "The Hello, Goodbye Window," written by Norton Juster.In the book, a little girl tells about visiting the home of her grandparents. The committee that chose Chris Raschka for the award praised how he captures the natural way children draw. It says the pictures express the emotional warmth of connections between older family members and children.Chris Raschka also won the award in nineteen ninety-four.In addition to the winners, four Caldecott Honor Books and four Newbery Honor books were named last month.Another honor from the American Library Association is the Margaret L. Batchelder Award. It goes to the company that publishes the best translation of a children's book intoEnglish. The winner for two thousand six is Arthur A. Levine Books for "An Innocent Soldier" by Josef Holub. Michael Hoffman translated it from German.Awards are chosen by committees of people who work with children's books. But in some schools, children vote unofficially for their own Newbery and Caldecott winners. This year, schoolchildren could watch the award ceremony live on the Internet. A teacher in Wisconsin says her students cheered as each winner was announced.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Karen Leggett. Internet users can read and listen to our reports at . I'm Shep O'Neal.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Choosing Between a College or a University
EDUCATION REPORT - Choosing Between a College or a University Written by Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. What is the difference between a college and a university? This is the subject of part three in our series for students who want to attend a college or university in the United States. Colleges and universities have many things in common. Both provide a greater understanding of the world and its past. Both provide education in the arts and sciences. And both can helpprepare young people to earn a living. Students who complete their undergraduate studies either at a four-year college or a university receive a bachelor's degree. One difference is that many colleges do not offer graduate studies. Universities are generally bigger, offer more programs and do more research.Modern universities developed from those of the Middle Ages in Europe. The word "university" came from the Latin "universitas." Thisdescribed a group of people organized for a common purpose. The word "college" came from a Latin word with a similar meaning, "collegium." In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live. Usually each group was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area of study.But a college can also be a part of a university. The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still true. Programs in higher learning may also be called schools. The University of Arizona in Tucson, for example, has eighteen colleges and ten schools. They include the colleges of pharmacy, education, engineering and law. They also include the schools of architecture, dance and public administration. College is also used as a general term for higher education. A news report might talk about "college students" even if they include students at universities. Or someone might ask, "Where do you go to college?"Today, most American colleges offer an area of study called liberal arts. These are subjects first developed and taught in ancient Greece. They include language, philosophy and mathematics. The purpose was to train a person's mind insteadof teaching job skills.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our Foreign Student Series continues next week with a report aboutonline education. You can find our reports at . And international students can learn more about higher education in the United States at . I'm Steve Ember.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Get A Military Education At the United States Military Academy at West Point
EDUCATION REPORT - Get A Military Education At the United States Military Academy at West PointBy Nancy Steinbach / Broadcast date: Thursday, March 22, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.This week, in our series for students who want to study in the United States, we tell about the United States Military Academy at West Point.West Point is a four-year school in New York State thateducates future Army officers. The students are called cadets.They do not have to pay for their educations. But they mustagree to serve on active duty in the Army for at least fiveyears after they graduate.A young man or woman must be nominated to the academy,usually by a federal or state lawmaker. Nominees also must satisfy the entrance requirements. These include being inexcellent physical condition and getting good grades in high school.About four thousand American cadets are at West Point this year. In addition, fifty-nine cadets from foreign countries are attending.These international students are nominated by their home governments. They also must satisfy the physical and educational requirements. And they must do well on the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language.Home governments may have to pay up to sixty thousand dollars a year for eachstudent they send to West Point. Among the countries with cadets at the academy this year are Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia.Each year, the United States Defense Department invites countries to nominate students to West Point and to the Navy and Air Force academies. This year, onehundred fifty-nine countries were asked to nominate students for the next school year. Not all countries take part in the program.Cadet basic trainingWe spoke to Major Robert Romans, chief of the international affairs division at West Point, and Major Michael McBride, head of the international cadet program. They say up to sixty foreign cadets at any one time can attend the academy. And they say that interested students must seek information about the program at their local American Embassy. The embassy's Defense Cooperation Office will know how the student can be nominated.The West Point Web site provides some information about the international cadet program and its requirements. The address is admissions.u-s-m-a.e-d-u.Our Foreign Student Series continues next week. Scripts are available on the Internet at .And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Teach for America
EDUCATION REPORT – May 23, 2002: Teach for AmericaBy Jerilyn WatsonThis is the VOA Special English Education Report. Teach for America is one of the nation ’s most successful educational programs. This year, a record fourteen-thousand recent college graduates have asked to join the program. More than one -thousand-seven-hundred young men and women will be chosen for their intelligence and strong personal skills. They will receive specialtraining. Then they will teach children from poor families in schools in seventeen areas of the country. They will teach for two years.A student at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, had the idea for Teachfor America in nineteen-eighty-nine. Wendy Kopp recognized that children frompoor families have more problems learning than other children do. She wrote apaper proposing a national teaching organization.People soon supported her idea. Money from major companies helped launch theprogram. About five-hundred young people began teaching in the program innineteen-ninety.Today, Mizz Kopp still leads the organization. Over the years,eight -thousand teachers in the program have taught more than one -million children. Teach for America has received money from individuals, organizations, companies and the federalgovernment.Money also comes from individuals and businesses in communities where the teachers work. Sometimes the Teach for America teachers organize events to help provide money for supplies for theirclassrooms. Many of their schools do not have enough money for supplies.School officials praise the Teach for America teachers. Sixty percent of the teachers continue in educational work after finishing their two years. Most express satisfaction at having made a difference in children ’s lives.For example, Nicole Sherrin taught mathematics to teenage students in Phoenix, Arizona. When she began, her one-hundred-twenty students were the least successful students in the area. Mizz Sherrin developed ways to get her students to do well in math. She organized them into groups and gave them special things when all themembers succeeded. She got to know her students and their families outside of school as a way of gaining their trust.By the end of the year, two-thirds of her students performed at the highest level on a special math test.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version (Picture - )。
EDUCATION REPORT - School Vouchers
EDUCATION REPORT – July 11, 2002: School VouchersBy Jerilyn WatsonThis is the VOA Special English Education Report.The United States Supreme Court has made an important decision about American education. Last month, the court ruled that poor parents can receive public money to send their children to private schools. These include religious schools.Under this voucher program, the government helps parents send their children to schools that require payment. American public schools are free.President Bush called the Supreme Court decision a great victory for American students and parents. He says it provides children from poor families an equal chance for a good education.The American Constitution requires the separation of church and state.Five of the nine Supreme Court judges ruled that an educational voucher program in Cleveland, Ohio, is constitutional. The majority decision said vouchers are acceptable because parents choose which school their child will attend. The government does not. The government provides only financial aid.Parents in the Cleveland voucher program can receive up to about two-thousand dollars. Critics say this means that most families choose religious schools because they cost less than other private schools. Almost all of the children in the Cleveland voucher program attend religious schools.The Ohio legislature enacted the voucher program in Cleveland after a federal court placed the city’s schools under state control. The court did so because the schools were not providing students with a goodeducation.Supporters of school vouchers say the public school system is not helping millions of minority children in big cities. Many parents whose children attend poor quality schools support vouchers.However, public school teachers and others oppose the voucher system. They say it is wrong to take needed government money from public schools. They believe public schools should be supported and improved.Several other American cities have voucher programs. However, at least twenty-six state legislatures have rejected proposals for voucher programs. Voters in several states also have rejected the use of school vouchers. And recent opinion studies show that a majority of Americans approve of the nation’s public schools.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version。
EDUCATION REPORT - US Had Fewer Students Last Year From India, Japan
EDUCATION REPORT - US Had FewerStudents Last Year From India, JapanBy Nancy Steinbach / Broadcast date: Thursday, January 11, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.More than five hundred sixty thousand foreign students attended anAmerican college or university during the last school year. It was theseventh straight year with more than half a million international studentsin the United States.Last year's group was about the same size as the year before -- whichwas good news for schools. Why? Because the number of studentscoming to the United States had been falling for two years.Today, in our Foreign Student Series, we present numbers from thelatest "Open Doors" report. The information is from the Institute of International Education, based in New York.India again sent the most students in the school year that began in autumn of two thousand five. India passed China in two thousand one as the leading sender of foreign students to the United States.American schools last year had more than seventy-six thousand Indian students. That was a five percent drop from the year before -- the first reduction since nineteen ninety-six.China had more than sixty-two thousand students in American schools, roughly the same as the year before.South Korea was third with an increase of ten percent. And Japan was fourth -- but with an eight percent drop.The report says there were also sharp decreases in students from Turkey, Colombia, Pakistan and Malaysia. But there were notable increases in students from Nepal and Vietnam.For the fifth year, the school with the most foreign students was the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. It had almost seven thousand.Columbia University in New York was second. Others with large numbers included Purdue, New York University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.What were the most popular areas of study? Eighteen percent studied business andmanagement. Sixteen percent studied engineering. Nine percent were in the physical and life Students at the University of Iowasciences. Eight percent studied social sciences, and another eight percent studied mathematics and computer science.There were fewer international students in computer science and engineering last year. But there were more in areas including art, health and intensive English language.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. For the full "Open Doors" report, you can find a link to the IIE Web site at . Our Foreign Student Series is also there. I'm Steve Ember.。
EDUCATION REPORT - Homework
EDUCATION REPORT - HomeworkBy Jerilyn WatsonBroadcast: October 16, 2003This 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 the United States this argument is generally not true.The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., wrote one of the reports. It shows that the average student does less than one hour of schoolwork at home a night. The Rand Corporation in California did the other study. The research shows that only one in ten high school students spends more than two hours a night on homework.The findings are based on information from the United States Department of Education and international studies. They are also based on research by the University of Michigan, the University of California at Los Angeles and others.The Brookings report notes an international math and science study from nineteen-ninety-five. The United States was near last among twenty countries in homework. Students in France, Italy, Russia, and South Africa reported they spent at least two times as long on homework.The Rand report examined American homework levels during the second half of the twentieth century. Brian Gill helped write the report. He says there was only one time when homework sharply increased. That happened during the early nineteen-sixties. Americans were not happy when the Soviet Union became the first country to reach space. There was great concern about improving education.Politicians, educators and parents called for more intensive study -- especially in mathematics and science. Still, at that time, only about twenty-five percent of high school students completed more than two hours of homework daily.Not just children protest about homework. Some busy parents say their jobs leave them little time to help. Others want their children to have time for sports, music lessons and other activities after school. At the same time, some educators say schools need to give more meaningful homework.Harris Cooper is an expert on homework. He is a professor at Duke University in North Carolina. Professor Cooper suggests ten minutes per grade level. That adds up to two hours a night by the last year of high school.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson. This is Steve Ember.Email this article to a friendPrinter Friendly Version。
EDUCATION REPORT - Taking the TOEFL
EDUCATION REPORT - Taking the TOEFLBy Nancy SteinbachBroadcast: Thursday, November 09, 2006This is the VOA Special English Education Report.The TOEFL is an important test for non-native English speakers whowant to attend an American college or university. TOEFL is the Test ofEnglish as a Foreign Language. And it is the subject this week in ourForeign Student Series.The Educational Testing Service is moving to end the use of the paper-and-pencil version of the TOEFL. And on September thirtieth ETSstopped offering its existing computer test. The new version is called the TOEFL iBT, or Internet-Based Test.The TOEFL iBT has been used since two thousand five at testing centers in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico. In March of this year, it was expanded to other countries in Europe and to Africa, Eurasia, the Middle East and Latin America.The charge for the TOEFL iBT is different in each country. Until the TOEFL iBT is offered in a country, the pencil-and-paper test will continue to be used.The TOEFL measures the ability to read, write and understand English. The new test represents about ten years of work by ETS. The testing service redesigned it to measure not just knowledge of the language, but the ability to communicate in English. The four-hour test now includes a speaking part, in addition to reading, writing and listening.Each part of the test is worth a possible thirty points. So the highest score on the TOEFL is one hundred twenty points.Different colleges and universities require different minimum scores on the TOEFL. So be sure to find out the score requirements of the schools that interest you.Experts say the best way to prepare for the TOEFL is to use English as much as you can. The TOEFL Web site offers advice to help you prepare. The address is More than six thousand schools and agencies in one hundred ten countries use the TOEFL. But students who have already earned degrees from colleges in English-speaking countries may not be required to take it.And recently we received an e-mail asking if another English test can be used instead of the TOEFL when applying to American schools. Listen next week for the answer.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. This is the tenth week of our Foreign Student Series. You can find the earlier reports, including transcripts and MP3 files, at voaspecialenglish. I'm Steve Ember.。
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EDUCATION REPORT - Learning Disabilities, IntroductionWe begin a series of programs about learning disabilities. These are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language. They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak, or to read and write. They can also affect the ability to do mathematics.A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulty in developing these skills. Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information. They say children with learning disabilities are not unintelligent or do not want to work. Their brains just process information differently than other people.Researchers say that as many as one out of every five people in the United States has some kind of learning disability. Almost three-million children in the United States receive some kind of help in school for a learning disability.How can you tell if someone has a learning disability? Experts look for a difference between how well a child does in school and the level of intelligence or ability of the child. But there is no one sign of a disorder.A few signs of a learning disability include not connecting letters with their sounds or not understanding what is read. A person with a learning disability may not be able to understand a funny story. They may not follow directions. They may not read numbers correctly or know how to start a task. Different people have different kinds of learning disabilities. One person may have trouble understanding mathematics. Another may have difficulty understanding what people are saying. Still another may not be able to express ideas in writing.These different kinds of learning disabilities are known by different names. For example, a person who has difficulty reading may have dyslexia. Someone who cannot do mathematics may have a disorder called dyscalculia.Experts say learning disabilities cannot be cured. But people who have them can be helped. Teachers and parents can help young people with learning disabilities to learn successfully.In the next few weeks, we will discuss different kinds of learning disabilities. We will provide advice from specialists about ways to deal with them. And we will also examine some of the political issues involved in the area of special education.1。
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This report mainly focuses on English education in the basic education stage, namely English teaching in kindergartens, primary schools, and junior high schools.
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With the acceleration of globalization, English education has become increasingly important in the education systems of various countries. However, there are many problems in the implementation process of English education,
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Curriculum Reform
Curriculum reform has been implemented to make the teaching
The Development History of English Education
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How an Involved Parent Can Help Prevent Bullying
Thursday, May 06, 2010
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Today we have the last of three reports on bullying. Last week we shared some of your comments on this issue. Now, we talk to a researcher who presented a study this week at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Vancouver , Canada.
Rashmi Shetgiri is a pediatrician at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas.
RASHMI SHETGIRI: "There's about thirty percent of U.S. children are involved in bullying, and the latest numbers we have is about thirteen percent of them are bullies, eleven percent as victims and
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A 2008 photo of an Illinois mother, Lisa Borre, who has had to talk with both her children, Franklin and Vivian, about the behavior of classmates
then six percent as both bullies and victims."
The new study led by Doctor Shetgiri shows that parents could help prevent bullying by improving communication and involvement with their children. The study identified factors that seem to increase or decrease the risk that a child will be a bully.
RASHMI SHETGIRI: "Children who have emotional or developmental problems or who have mothers who have poor mental health are more likely to be bullies. And older children and children who live in homes where their primary language is not English, and also children who complete all their homework, are less likely to be bullies."
Another difference: The study found that African-American and Latino children were more likely to be bullies compared to white children.
For the study, the researchers used the two thousand seven National Survey of Children's Health. Parents of children age ten to seventeen were asked whether their child bullies or is cruel or mean to others.
Not surprisingly, how a parent acts may also influence whether or not a child becomes a bully.
RASHMI SHETGIRI:"We found that parents who frequently get angry with their children and feel that the children often do things that bother them a lot are much more likely to have a child who becomes a bully. And that parents who share ideas with their children and talk with them and who've met most of their child's friends are much less likely to have children who become bullies." University of Nebraska psychologist Susan Swearer says communication between students and teachers can also reduce bullying. She says studies have shown improvement when students are taught about bullying and respectful behavior. Some programs also try to get people to intervene to stop bullying.
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SUSAN SWEARER: "And a lot of these bullying prevention and intervention programs that focus on bystanders have been shown to be the effective programs because they focus on changing that bystander behavior. So instead of watching bullying take place or joining in with the bullying, these programs teach bystanders how to stand up and be supportive of the kids who are being victimized and to say 'You know we don't do that here, we don't engage in those behaviors.'"
Professor Swearer advises parents and teachers to try to get children to talk to them about being bullied. Otherwise a child could feel hopeless and helpless to do anything about it.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. You can find our reports and add your own comments at or on Facebook at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.
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