EDUCATION REPORT - Schools Around the World

EDUCATION REPORT – September 5, 2002: Schools Around the World

By Jerilyn Watson

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Teachers in eight nations and Hong Kong are taking part in an unusual exchange of
information. They are sharing excellent work by their students in mathematics and
science. The program is called Schools Around the World.

Teachers taking part in the program use computer technology to exchange work by
students. One goal is to develop and continue student excellence¹ in mathematics and
science. Another is to improve the skills of teachers in the program. A national
organization called the Council for Basic Education in Washington, D.C. operates
Schools Around the World.

Carol Stoel (STOLE) directs the program. She says about five-hundred teachers are involved in Schools Around
the World. These teachers take part in the program after being trained.

Schools Around the World enables educators separated by distance to communicate by computer. They increase
knowledge about the subjects they teach. They also learn new ways of measuring student learning and progress.

Schools Around the World committee members meet two times each year to help guide the organization.
Members are from Australia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Britain, the United States
and Hong Kong. The United States Department of Education helps support the program. So do large companies
and organizations like the Knight² Foundation.

The program also helps organize programs in schools and groups of schools in the United States. About twenty
teachers from the same school often form a group to hold meetings. The head of the school and mathematics and
science supervisors³ also attend these workshops.

Group members read student work provided through information bases on the Internet or on CD-ROMs.
Members then examine their own educational goals. They consider the work they give students to reach those
goals. They judge how well their students perform.

The teachers also exchange suggestions about methods and materials. They comment on the effectiveness of each
other’s teaching.Educators who have been in the program praise Schools Around the World for helping⁴ them
improve their skills.

You can find out more about Schools Around the World by visiting its Web site. The address is www.s-a-w.org.
Again, the address: w-w-w dot s-hyphen-a-hyphen-w dot o-r-g.

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.

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1 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

2 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

3 supervisors   

n.监督者，管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
• Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。