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A 9-year-old boy with dyslexia in an MRI machine in 2004. Scientists now want to know whether brain images can identify younger children who might develop future reading problems.

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Can Brain Scans of Young Children Predict Reading Problems?

Researchers are studying 5-year-olds for signs of dyslexia; early treatment is important | EDUCATION REPORT

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Students in Fairfax County, Virginia, use their online textbooks in class

When a Textbook Is Online, Not on Paper

Educators say they can teach newer information and save money by switching to digital books | EDUCATION REPORT

Children exercise at Wonderland Avenue Elementary School in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles in 2010

Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades?

A review of 14 studies suggests that it does, but leaves some questions unanswered | EDUCATION REPORT

Burmese children in class in Howard County, Maryland

A Community Helps Burmese Refugees Learn English

A schoolteacher and an employer in the state of Maryland develop a way to provide lessons at work | EDUCATION REPORT

More School May Mean Higher IQ Scores

Researchers have also found that scores can increase or decrease by up to 20 points in teens | EDUCATION REPORT

Egyptians light candles on New Year's Eve in Cairo's Tahrir Square

A Goal for 2012: Learning English

Read some of the resolutions that people wrote at the VOA Learning English page on Facebook | EDUCATION REPORT

In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce

Lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables to grow yourself, and there are hundreds of varieties | AGRICULTURE REPORT

Medical students in the small town of Salina, Kansas listen to a remote lecture

Rural Medical School Competes With City Life

A new program in the American Midwest seeks to produce doctors who will stay in small communities | EDUCATION REPORT

Members of the partnership's board of directors visit a school in Kigali, Rwanda

Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries

A global partnership awards grants to Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau, Mongolia and four other nations | EDUCATION REPORT

English is a common language for business, but communication is not just about language

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language

More than ever, English is the language of business, but even native speakers can learn something | ECONOMICS REPORT

Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game

Budget Hero gives young people a taste of the difficult decisions that Congress must make | EDUCATION REPORT

Program Helps Students Express Themselves With Creative Writing

The 826 organization serves 30,000 public school students in eight American cities | EDUCATION REPORT

A nursing student is shown how to use a lift that helps patients stand

A Room Where Nurses Learn How Not to Get Hurt

A nursing school in the U.S. has a new place to teach safe practices for lifting and moving patients | TECHNOLOGY REPORT

Teacher Fred Tenyke discusses science with the class at Georgian Forest Elementary school as retired engineer Dave Weiss, who helps apply his experience to help, looks on, in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 2011

Scientists, Engineers Help Elementary School Teachers

The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsors the Senior Scientists and Engineers program | EDUCATION REPORT

Teacher Laurie Gerard uses iPads with her kindergarten students in Auburn, Maine

A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners

A $200,000 project brings debate, but educators believe the tablets will improve reading and math skills | EDUCATION REPORT

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