Before a child can read a book, they must know how to read a sentence. Before they can read a sentence, they must know how to read individual words. And before they can read words, they must know letters and learn the alphabet. To be successful at re...
Study: Nobel Prize often Goes to Creative Thinkers, Not Specialists Experts often tell students to center their efforts on a narrow field to get a job after school. But recent research into Nobel Prize winners suggests that wider interests are import...
Hurricane Ian Causes School Closures in Florida Rescue and recovery operations are continuing in areas affected by the storm in southwestern Florida. Several school systems in the area cannot yet say when they will be ready to reopen. Some schools ar...
Cantonese Speakers Worry about Future of Their Language For years, learning to speak Cantonese was not that hard in San Francisco. It is a place where Cantonese speakers from South China have migrated for over 150 years. But now, there is fear that t...
More University Study Programs Become STEM-designated International students who come to the United States often study science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. Not as many come for programs in humanities or the arts, the...
Public Libraries Aim to Bring in More Visitors A public library in Boston has a place for serving alcoholic, book-themed drinks. A library in Maryland has a basketball court steps away. Another in Delaware has a room for teenagers to play video games...
Understanding Context Is Important for International Students in US International students in the United States need to understand context and culture if they want to succeed in their studies, experts say. Understanding context means knowing the situ...
Activists Call on Educators to Build up School Systems after Pandemic Education activists have called on world leaders to take steps to build up school systems weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The call came during a United Nations conference center...
More school systems around the country are using online classes when communities face disasters like wildfires, storms, or water shortages. In Jackson, Mississippi, a problem with the public water system left the city without safe water for several d...
The University of Maine Shows How to Increase Its Student Population The number of students going to college in the U.S. has dropped by over one million since the spring of 2020. At that time, COVID-19 restrictions began going into effect everywhere...
School Systems See More Students Repeating Grades Some American children struggled to keep up with schoolwork in the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many states saw large increases in the number of students who had to repeat grades....
Indian Students Rush to Attend Colleges in Other Countries Indian students have been coming to universities in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia for many years. But now that much of the nation is facing economic problems, students from...
More school systems are making an effort to deal with some of the problems teachers face, including taking care of their mental health. Many schools do not have enough teachers. Current problems facing teachers include behavioral problems and fears o...
After the Pandemic, Public Schools Struggle to Make Up for Lost Learning Many young students spent much of the 2020-2021 school year learning from home. But some educators estimate that students who spent the most time learning remotely lost about ha...
Those arriving at colleges this year might see office workers, researchers, or graduate assistants on strike. A strike is when workers decide not to do their job as a way to ask for more money or better working conditions. That is what happened in la...
