Getting Schools Not Just to Go Green but Teach It, Too Charter schools operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools. In the United States the rules for charter schools differ from state to state. But in general these schools have greater freedom to decide what to teach … Read more
A Military Education at West Point Today we answer a question from a listener in Brazil who wants to know about the United States Military Academy at West Point. West Point is a college for future Army officers. It has more than four thousand students. The students are called cadets. The school is located about … Read more
John Dewey, 1859-1952: Educator and ‘America’s Philosopher’ This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We had a question from China from a listener who wanted to know about John Dewey. John Dewey was an influential thinker and educator. The New York Times once called him “America’s philosopher.” Larry Hickman is director of the Center … Read more
A Review of Education Reports This Past Year In two thousand nine, Special English Web site users began posting comments about our stories on our Web site. The Education Reports have received many of those comments. We began the year in the middle of our Foreign Student Series. These were reports about how foreign students … Read more
Letting Religion Into the Classroom, but Setting Limits Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas. The Constitution separates religion from government. Researcher Charles Haynes explains what it says. He says: “‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting … Read more
The Flatmates Series Learning English Video Lesson 36. In this episode John is bragging to Helen about how well he did in their recent economics test. But who else is listening to what he has to say? Find out in episode 36 Test results from BBC Learning English.
BBC Learning English The Flatmates English Video Lesson 35. In this episode, Tim is offered an opportunity at work. Find out more about it in episode 35 – A letter from HR – from BBC Learning English.
Hello dear friends. I have great news for you. Maybe some of you know that after Original Effortless English lessons, AJ Hoge created Power English lesson sets and sold them for only one special day almost two years ago. He stopped selling Power English until nowadays. And now Power English lessons are available to buy. … Read more
Can you speak real English? Probably not. In school, you did not learn the real english that we actually speak. Your learned textbook english. For example in school, you learned “Hi, how are you? I am fine, and you?” But real people almost never say that. Real people say, “Hey, what’s up?” or “How is … Read more
Let’s be honest. Textbooks are boring. English classes are boring. Think about the topic in a textbook. They are usually boring and useless. That’s why many people feel that English is boring. English is not boring but English textbooks are boring and English classes are boring. Effortless English lessons are never boring. My lessons focus … Read more
Did you learn English with your eyes? Probably. In school you probably learned mostly with your eyes. You red textbook, you studied word lists, you studied grammar rules. That’s why you read well, but can not speak well. For example, you can easily understand written English. Such as hi, how are you? What have you … Read more