Dartmouth Will Again Require Standardized Tests Dartmouth College, the Ivy League university in New Hampshire, announced last week that it will again require standardized tests from applicants. American students who wish to attend Dartmouth starting...
US Schools Use Surveillance to Catch Students Vaping Schools around the United States are installing sensors and cameras to identify possible use of vaping devices. Some administrators are also ordering serious punishments for use of the devices on s...
Student Academy Awards Provide Momentum for Young Filmmakers While most people know about the Academy Awards in Hollywood the awards known as the Oscars few know about the Student Academy Awards. But to those who know about the industry, they are a b...
Why Is Canada Limiting Foreign Students? Canada recently announced a two-year limit on the number of foreign students given permission to study in the country. The move is partly to ease a growing housing shortage. Reuters news agency recently report...
Apples Computer Launch Leads to Study of User Experience Many people first heard about Apple's Macintosh computer through a television commercial during the American football Super Bowl game in 1984. However, the commercial did not show a computer at...
Defining Plagiarism, How to Avoid It It has become easy for students to find and copy published material. But copying another person's writing without giving them credit can get students and other scholars into big trouble. Copying another person's w...
US Businesses Concerned about Hiring Young, Gen Z Workers A recent report from a higher education advising organization says nearly 40 percent of American employers avoid offering jobs to recent college graduates. They said members of Generation Z, o...
Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism At first look, the playground at the Children's Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other. It has swings, slides, and places for children to climb and crawl. Bu...
Minnesota Named Second-most Educated US State Minnesota has the second-highest education level in the U.S. as measured by the scholarship research website Scholaroo.com. A representative from Scholaroo told VOA Learning English that the state has a h...
Young Peoples English Language Skills Decreasing A recent index that measures English language ability around the world finds that young people's English language proficiency is decreasing. The 2023 EF English Proficiency Index (EPI) ranks countries...