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Raise and Give for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mathilde, a French teen, describes her trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She and others will raise funds for a youth centre where Bosnian teens can discover God.




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TeenStreet 2012 and Raise and Give

French teens attend TeenStreet 2012 and help raise money for youth ministry in Bosnia-Herzegovina.




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Living out her faith

A young French woman learns more about herself and God as she serves aboard Logos Hope from 2009 to 2011.




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LinkUp: Relevent topics for youth

During OM France’s last LinkUp, an interdenominational event for all teens and young adults in the Nantes region, OMers focused on the theme of sexuality.




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A TeenStreet fundraising adventure

A church youth group sees God provide finances for the teens to attend TeenStreet Europe 2013 in Germany.




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Never leave you, never forsake you

A worker shares the story of one girl who recently took the courageous step to leave her life of prostitution for the freedom Christ offers.




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New Year, new venture

This New Year, OM France will be part of a Christian youth festival, “Mad in France,” delivering a 4D experience of world mission.




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Something for everyone

In the 1980s, OM organised large summer campaigns with the huge task of covering every town and village in France with Christian literature.




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Staying relevant in missions

OM France marks OM’s 60th anniversary, inviting International Director, Lawrence Tong, to grace this special occasion.




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Sharing God's love through literacy

"At the end of the class, over tea and mini-cakes, we take time to get to know them, to help them with administrative tasks or to discuss Bible stories," shares Louise.




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Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris for VP After Intense School Desegregation Clash

Although Harris clashed with Biden over his record on school desegregation, some of her education proposals might dovetail well with his.




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COVID-19 Has Left Thousands of After-School Programs in Jeopardy

Six in 10 programs worry they will have to shut down permanently, a survey finds—and that was before so many districts announced fall remote-learning plans.




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As Schools Recover After COVID-19, Look to New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina taught the city lessons that apply to education across the nation now, writes economist Douglas N. Harris.




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A Classroom Strategy: Using Models for Scientific Argumentation (Video)

Second grade teacher Kitten Vaa shares how her students develop argumentation skills with the use of scientific modeling.




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Here's How to Implement the 'KLEWS' Strategy in the Classroom (Video)

In Queens, N.Y., Maria Katsanos' 3rd grade class conducts scientific explanations through the "KLEWS" strategy—identifying what students already know, what they're going to learn, the evidence, their wonderings, and scientific words and concepts.




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A Classroom Strategy: The Line-Up Game (Video)

Elizabeth Iwaszewicz, a kindergarten teacher at Lafayette Elementary School in San Francisco, uses music to help students focus their attention as they line up. She uses Jeopardy!'s theme song to make the routine like a quick and timed game.




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Scientific Modeling in the Early Grades (Video)

Kaia Tomokiyo, a kindergarten teacher from Southern Heights Elementary in Seattle and Fallon King, a 1st and 2nd grade teacher from Cedarhurst Elementary in Burien, Wash., share how they engage younger students in scientific modeling through observation and discussion.




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Combining Literacy and Math Skills Through Thinking Logs (Video)

Thinking logs incorporate both literacy and math skills by asking students to write complete sentences explaining how they solved an equation and arrived at a solution.




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Teaching Math: Reasoning About Addition (Video)

Ryan Reilly, a 1st grade teacher at White Center Heights Elementary School in Seattle, shares how he uses related equations so students can identify similarities and differences in numbers and symbols. By noticing patterns, they learn to justify their reasons and can then solve similar problems.




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Teaching Young Learners How to Do Math Through Storytelling (Video)

Jeanne Wright creatively introduces her 1st grade students to a variety of strategies for solving addition problems.




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A Classroom Strategy: Making Sense of Fractions Through Group Work (Video)

A 5th grade teacher uses fractions to promote both language and math skills in her dual-language classroom.




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Learning Through Engaging With Nature (Video)

Outdoor exploration allows children to have fun while making sense of the world around them and developing their critical-thinking skills.




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Video: Claims, Evidence, Reasoning

Teacher Antoinette Pippin engages her 5th grade students in a "Claims, Evidence, Reasoning" protocol. Using what she calls "the trifecta of argument," she helps her students make claims and support their claims with evidence and reasoning.




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A Classroom Strategy for Math: Have Students 'Notice and Wonder' (Video)

This elementary routine encourages students to make sense of a math problem by listing what they both notice and wonder about the given information.




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Learning Subtraction Strategies by Talking Through Number Strings (Video)

Elementary math specialist Kristin Gray helps her 2nd graders understand different subtraction strategies by talking through their thought processes.




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A Classroom Strategy: Brain Breaks Allow Students to Refocus (Video)

Second grade teacher Tita Ugalde explains how giving 'brain breaks' lets her students shake out their extra energy and refuel in between lessons.




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A Classroom Strategy: Choreograph Students' Movements (Video)

A former dancer uses her choreography skills to plan her students' movement through the classroom.




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Counting Collections With Preschoolers: An Early-Learning Math Strategy (Video)

See how one preschool teacher helps her students learn how to count collections of objects.




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An Elementary Math Routine: Dot Image (Video)

A math specialist shares how she uses dots to allow students to see the connections between mathematical operations, like addition and multiplication.




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How to Talk to Students About the Coronavirus Without Scaring Them

What you say about the coronavirus depends on the child's developmental stage. Here are examples of the best age-appropriate language for discussing the pandemic.





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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Navigating racial discrimination and SA's property game

In this week's episode of SA Money Report we examine how racial discrimination impacts the property market and interrupts economic growth.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Getting cargo off our roads and onto Transnet’s vast rail network

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, we explore government's plans to allow private operators to use Transnet’s rail network, which is expected to instantly move some 58 million tons of cargo off South Africa’s battered roads.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Steinhoff fires salvo with Markus Jooste’s ‘mastermind’ emails

This week, SA Money Report unpacks how a series of emails by former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste is an integral part of proving a case against one of his allies in the UK




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Cash problems leave Comair’s future up in the air and its planes grounded

This week Carin Smith explains why Kulula.com operator Comair grounded its planes, and what it will take to get them back in the air.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Untangling 'blackmail' and vindication at the AG's office

This week SA Money Report discusses how well-respected Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke recently faced a barrage of allegations from an employee who also allegedly attempted to blackmail her, and how she ended up being vindicated.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Probing why eThekwini's taking the nuclear option in Eskom divorce plan

This week SA Money Report tries to understand eThekwini's surprising plan for nuclear power, and whether the ANC's RET faction has a hand in things.




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News24 Business | WATCH | 'Every man for himself': Why this farmer says there's a need for mental health help

Bayanda Maseko lost 2 000 chickens and more than R100 000 he invested in his farm in 2022, all because of load shedding.




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News24 Business | Siza longer version

After a year long battle by business and organised labour CEO of Transnet Freight Rail Siza Mzimela has resigned




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News24 Business | Discovery data shows over R3.2 billion paid for cancer treatment in 2023

Discovery Health Medical Scheme's (DHMS) 2023 cancer claims payouts were almost 19% higher than the previous year though the scheme says screening rates in South Africa have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels.




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Fire wrecks lives in Bangladesh

After a fire devastates a Bangladesh slum, the OM team distributes food, cooking items, plastic tarps and hope to hurting families.




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Life will never be the same

As families devastated by the recent fire in a Bangladesh slum rebuild their lives, the team helps, and individuals tell their stories.




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Hope for daughter number five

The fifth daughter of a poor family, one girl thought she would never get an education. But thanks to OM’s new school, she has hope.




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God develops hearts to care

The team in Bangladesh comprises mainly national believers in Jesus, one of whom brings vocational training and God’s light into a refugee camp.




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Giving students a helping hand

OM supplies rural schools in Bangladesh with books, new toilets and other essential facilities that positively impact students.




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Transforming lives through literacy

Two adults were significantly impacted by learning to read and write in recent adult literacy classes run by OM in Bangladesh.




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Breaking the cycle of poverty

One girl’s dream comes true, as she is now able to go to a village primary school, started by OM.




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Armed with knowledge, now less vulnerable

One woman’s risk of exploitation decreased when she learnt to read and write through OM's adult literacy programme in Bangladesh.




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The catalyst of two new believers

The faith of two young Bangladeshi men in 1976 served as a catalyst to OM’s focused outreach and the training of hundreds of new workers.




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'We had to leave'

OM writer Ellyn shares firsthand accounts from those who fled for their lives to Bangladesh and now reside with thousands in camps in Cox’s Bazar.