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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words   Video
Friday, 14 March 2008
Great for travelers or anyone with limited language skills, pocket guides with lots of pictures make for conversation   (2:29 min.)

Laura Bush

A Lifelong Supporter   Video
Sunday, 20 January 2008
First lady Laura Bush is a strong advocate of education and women’s rights in Afghanistan – an exclusive interview on topics about which she feels passionately  (3:02 min.)

Seeing sound 

Feeling and Seeing Sound  Video
Sunday, 18 November 2007
An innovative lab and educational experience lets those with and without hearing understand better other dimensions to the world of sound  (2:41 min.)

video-game image

Got Game?    video
Saturday, 20 October 2007
There are college-level schools in Seattle devoted to teaching the art, science, and business of video games and online simulation
(2:18 min.)

Elizabeth Eckford

50 Years Ago  Video
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Nine courageous students just wanted better educations, but they changed U.S. history by integrating a previously all-white school   (4:40 min.)

young rapper

Elementary School Rappers  Video
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Students have created an online Web hit with original rap songs – while delightedly learning writing, music and performance skills   (23:19 min.)

exchange students

300 / 30 x 1 = YES   Video
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
International secondary school students spend an eye-opening year in the U.S. through the Youth Exchange and Study program  (2:57 min.)

Chess as a Contact Sport

Chess as a Contact Sport Video
Monday, 23 April 2007

Miami Dade College in Florida has earned a reputation as home for a top-tier chess team, thanks mostly to the Latin American students
(3:08 min.)

Chinese Jobless Graduates

First Jobs Require Job Experience... Video
Friday, 23 March 2007
China’s universities are graduating twice as many students as there are good jobs for them to fill. Millions will be unemployed (2:46 min.)

Language skills in
the US

Language Skills Grow in US Video
Sunday, 8 April 2007
With the world becoming more interconnected, students in the US are showing a growing interest in learning foreign languages  (2:59 min.)

students

An A for Educational Exchange  Video
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
US official, educators travel to India to promote higher education opportunities and student exchange programs  (3:02 min.)

 

 

 

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