Overheard

"I would have to say I feel envy."

— Mikhail Nokhov, a Russian educator who teaches English in his native Dagestan, admiring the enthusiastic teachers, the roomful of electronic workout equipment, and a display case full of glittering trophies at Dutch Fork High School near Columbia, South Carolina. Nokhov was among 40 educators from Russia and Kazakhstan who participated in a summer cultural and educational program coordinated by the American Councils for International Education.