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
Did you realize that Americans and Canadians are pronouncing the spelling of T in over 10 different ways? British English only uses a few different ways and you may be using it just 1 or 2 ways. Do you recognize how to pronounce the T in the following words? (Hint- they are all different.) butter … Read more