VOA-Some College Recruiters’ Actions Raise Concerns     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report We started to talk last week about college recruiting companies. Their business is to connect students and schools. Who pays...

VOA- Fighting Music Piracy on College Campuses     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report When the parents of today’s young people were in school, sharing music was a slow process. They had to...

VOA-Book Predicts Jump in High School Courses Online     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report Computers have been used in teaching for more than twenty years. But a new book says that only...

VOA-Online Learning Grows, but Research Finds Mixed Results     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report Forty-two of the fifty American states offered some kind of public online learning this past school year. One...

VOA-High Fuel Prices Mean a Hard Road for School Buses     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report High fuel prices are affecting all areas of life, including education The United States has an...

VOA-Schools Look to Save Money With Four-Day Week     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report As we said last week, American schools are looking for ways to save money on bus transportation because...

VOA-NYU Pushes Foreign Study     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report The number of American students who study in other countries has been growing. The Institute of International Education, in its most recent...

VOA-Former Teach for America Member Says The Program Changed Her Life     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report Teach for America is a non-profit program that places new teachers in schools in low-income...

VOA- Americans Keep Close to Home for Staycations     Transcript of radio broadcast HOST Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English MUSIC I’m Doug Johnson Today we report about “staycations,” vacations close to home Answer a question about...

VOA-Eureka: The Word Just Burst Out     Transcrip of radio broadcast Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES MUSIC Our word today is eureka. It is a kind of word called an expletive. Expletives are quick,...

VOA-Farming Techniques That Will Feed a Family     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Development Report The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that poor countries will spend up to one hundred seventy billion dollars this...

VOA-Martin Guitar Company Still Making Music and Money     Transcript of radio broadcast VOICE ONE Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Pat Bodnar VOICE TWO And I’m Bob Doughty. This week we visit one of...

VOA-Special Feed for Swine May Help Farmers’ Crops     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report Research shows that waste from pigs that are fed a special kind of corn may help a farmer’s...

VOA-How to protect yourself against the dangers of extreme heat   Transcript of radio broadcast VOICE ONE This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember VOICE TWO And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we tell...

VOA-Visiting the Embassies of Washington,D.C     Transcript of radio broadcast VOICE ONE I’m Bob Doughty VOICE TWO And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Washington, D.C. is known for its many monuments, museums, and government buildings....

VOA-When a Stroke Is Silent     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Health Report A stroke is a loss of blood flow in the brain. There are two kinds of stroke. One is an ischemic...

VOA-Young Voices in the Fight Against AIDS     Transcript of radio broadcast This is the VOA Special English Education Report One thousand young people from around the world attended the International AIDS Conference last week in Mexico City. They...

VOA-American history series     Transcript of radio broadcast Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English The United States declared war on Britain in eighteen twelve. It did so because Britain refused to...