Title:
A Review of Education Reports This Past Year
Description: This is
a VOA Special English Education Report.
See text below
Text:
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 could attend a college or university in the
United States.
The report that received the most
comments--seventy-three--told how to qualify for
free training at an American community college.
The next highest number of comments was forty-nine.
They were about a report on services at American
colleges that help foreign students adjust to
studying in the United States.
Close behind with forty-eight comments was a report
about financial aid. Forty-seven comments followed a
story about college student grade expectations. And
forty-six people wrote in reaction to our guide to
writing college papers.
Other education stories included the deaths of
college test preparation pioneer Stanley Kaplan and
music educator Bess Lomax Hawes.
We explained the work of school nurses. We had a
report about what foreign exchange students thought
about American high schools. We discussed the
California digital textbook program as well as the
use of digital textbooks in general.
We talked to education experts about teaching
handwriting, choosing a college, and publishing
research in medical journals. And we looked at the
job market for American college graduates as well as
for foreign students who finish their educations at
American colleges.
Now we would like your help. Please write with
suggestions or questions you would like us to answer
about American education. We might be able to answer
them on this program. In December, for example, we
answered a question about educational technology.
And we are preparing to answer a few other
questions. One is about educator John Dewey. Another
is about the United States Military Academy at West
Point.
Post your comments and questions on our Web site,
voaspecialenglish.com. You can also find
transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs,
including our Foreign Student Series. We look
forward to hearing from you. And thats the VOA
Special English Education Report.
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is a Voice of America video which covers an interesting
topic in Special English. I would appreciate some feedback from both
students and teachers about this video. You can comment in
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