ter Easter: first taste of church By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:43:43 +0000 When a worker apologises for a loud in-home worship gathering, her neighbour responds with the desire to attend church. Full Article
ter Beloved daughter By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:54:29 +0000 Two therapists in North Africa discover how a family tries to bring healing to a beloved daughter. Full Article
ter Fresh start for church planters in Sudan By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 A new generation of Sudanese church planters, trained by an Arab OMer in North Africa, revive OM’s ministry in north Sudan. Full Article
ter Behind the gold and glitter By www.om.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:47:36 +0000 Life is not a movie, says one worker who shares her life and Christ with the many broken women in Hong Kong’s brothels. Full Article
ter Bigger office, greater impact By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:41:01 +0000 On 19 March, OM Australia moved into their new home, a place that will help mobilise more people and finances into missions. Full Article
ter Easterfest down under 2012 By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:26:38 +0000 OM Australia shares about mission opportunities at Australia’s leading three-day music festival in Toowoomba, Queensland, over Easter. Full Article
ter The ‘butterfly effect’ By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:29:30 +0000 Single mothers in Namibia experience life-changing opportunities, thanks to the work and care of one Namibian woman and the OM team. Full Article
ter News24 Business | MONEY CLINIC | How can I take better control of my finances? By www.news24.com Published On :: Sunday Aug 28 2022 09:50:15 In the spirit of Women’s Month in August, Tamryn Lamb, head of retail distribution at Allan Gray, shares a few lessons she has learnt over the years to help other women to take control of their finances. Full Article
ter News24 Business | MONEY CLINIC | How to deal with the aftermath of festive spending By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday Jan 14 2023 08:16:59 There are roughly six weeks between an early December salary payment and January month-end. Consumers will likely spend more than at any other time – often on credit. Full Article
ter News24 Business | MONEY CLINIC | How do interest rate hikes affect my finances? By www.news24.com Published On :: Tuesday Jan 31 2023 05:00:13 Kondi Nkosi, country head at Schroders in South Africa, discusses interest rates and the role it plays personal finance and the greater economy. Full Article
ter News24 Business | Former lottery executive fired after disciplinary hearing By www.news24.com Published On :: Monday Nov 11 2024 16:24:01 A number of dismissed lottery officials who have lodged appeals, as well as suspended officials, continue to draw salaries. Full Article
ter News24 Business | OPINION | The four letters that will define COP29 By www.news24.com Published On :: Monday Nov 11 2024 16:41:49 The New Collective Quantified Goal – a post-2025 climate finance target – is set to be a defining agenda item at COP29, aiming for a more ambitious and equitable financial commitment for developing countries, says Punki Modise. Full Article
ter News24 Business | Less than a quarter of Sixty60 drivers are from SA as locals ditch the job By www.news24.com Published On :: Monday Nov 11 2024 17:08:10 Just under a quarter of the more than 7 000 independent drivers for Shoprite's newly acquired Pingo last-mile delivery platform are South African. Full Article
ter News24 Business | Third-quarter unemployment rate decline outstrips expectations By www.news24.com Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 14:53:21 South Africa's unemployment rate fell by more than expected in the third quarter, declining by 1.4 percentage points to 32.1%. Full Article
ter An unexpected letter By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:45:53 +0000 OM EAST rejoices at God’s provision sent by post. Full Article
ter The sound of Easter By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:39:32 +0000 Thirteen musicians and singers arrived in Vienna from all over the world, to take part in the musical outreach, ‘The Sound of Easter.’ Full Article
ter International with lots of charm By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 25 May 2018 06:58:18 +0000 "The Lord gave me a verse out of Isaiah 50:5...I started to understand that I had a lot to give, and that God’s ways for me might lead me differently than I had thought," said OMer Evelyn. Full Article
ter Short-term trips lead to long-term passion By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2017 23:30:33 +0000 Olger Morales shares his testimony of how he came to work in OM full-time after participating in numerous short-term outreaches. Full Article
ter Easter celebration brings joy to the poor By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:21:14 +0000 Mercy Teams International and a local church in Phnom Penh bring an Easter celebration to parents and children living in the slum. Full Article
ter The Transition to High School Is Hard. Here's How to Make It Better By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Having a growth mindset about personality—thinking that people can change for the better—helps kids handle tough times. Full Article Highschools
ter Short-term teams among the least reached By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:14:04 +0000 According to Stephan Bauer, short-term mission teams are "less a problem to be solved, but more a tension to be managed, and the aim should be for STTs to have a credible impact on the ministry and be effective in mobilising long-term workers." Full Article
ter Entering a reindeer herder’s world By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:05:51 +0000 In Arctic Russia, reindeer are the Nenets' life. Living among these people, ES longs for the Nenets to know Jesus, the true source of life. Full Article
ter After Trump Insult, Educators Rally Around Haitian, African Students By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The comments come at a time when more foreign-born black people live in the United States than at any time in history—and many of the residents are children enrolled in the nation's K-12 public schools. Full Article Federalpolicy
ter Reporters Answer Key Questions About ESSA (Video) By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 After a day of ESSA discussion as part of Education Week's "Keys to ESSA Readiness" online event, Lisa Stark, Catherine Gewertz, and Alyson Klein provide key takeaways. Full Article Federalpolicy
ter Literacy-Rich Preschool Classrooms Key to Early Reading By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Expert says labels, books, and writing centers all help with skill development Full Article Earlychildhood
ter How Two Child-Care Centers Put Competition Aside and Created a Partnership During COVID-19 By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 When COVID-19 hit, two early-childhood centers put their competition aside to work together to support families during the pandemic. Here's how they did it. Full Article Earlychildhood
ter Schools Failed English-Learners During the Shutdown. How Can They Do Better? By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A new report urges districts to pay close attention to how they choose and use technology for students who are not yet fluent in English. Full Article Englishlanguagelearners
ter Class Size Matters By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Size matters in nurturing the relationship between teachers and students. Full Article Class+size
ter Shenango engineering faculty to explore fatigue behaviors in 3D-printed material By www.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:37:14 -0400 Matthew Caputo, associate teaching professor of engineering at Penn State Shenango, is exploring the fatigue behaviors of nickel-titanium shape memory alloys. Full Article
ter Unions Are Barrier to Better Teachers By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 To the Editor: Education Week Teacher blogger Nancy Flanagan recently wrote about how some states require a higher score on state certification tests for teacher-licensing exams—which makes it "unreasonably difficult" to get into teaching—while others eliminate licensing requirements to fill classr. Full Article Unions
ter After Janus Ruling, Teachers Are Suing for Return of Fees They've Paid Their Unions By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 "This lawsuit will enable teachers like me to recover the agency fees that we were wrongly forced to pay against our will," said one of the plaintiffs. Full Article Unions
ter The Teachers' Unions Have a Charter School Dilemma By www.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 With the first charter school strike in the books—and teachers coming out victorious—experts say both unions and charter schools may need to rethink how they’ve long operated. Full Article Unions
ter Internet Access Is a Civil Rights Issue By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 In the world’s wealthiest country, why is broadband access denied to so many and in such high numbers? Mark Lieberman investigates. Full Article Diversity
ter An Open Letter to a Parent Afraid of Anti-Racist Education By www.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Black Lives Matter, climate change, family separation? All appropriate classroom topics, writes Christina Torres. Full Article Diversity
ter Can a Lottery Diversify America's Top High School? By www.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Controversy over a proposal to admit students by lottery to a highly selective school in Virginia echoes a nationwide debate over how to include more Blacks, Latinos, and low-income students in advanced academic programs. Full Article Diversity
ter Why School Board Diversity Matters By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Most school boards don’t look the students they serve, but new research suggests that must change. Full Article Diversity
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 "Authorizer shopping" is a growing threat to charter school quality, according to a report from a national advocacy and research organization. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Many of the laws that regulate charter schools do not go far enough to prevent conflicts of interest, according to a report released by Bruce Baker and Gary Miron of the National Education Policy Center. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools on Corporate Campuses By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 When public schools accept an offer to move into a new building on corporate land, they open the door to interference on curriculum and faculty hiring. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Texas charter schools, on average, appear to negatively affect students' future earnings, according to a working paper by two economists. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Charter school principals in South Carolina are overwhelmingly veteran school leaders, but more than half are new to the charter sector, according to a study by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 New Orleans charter schools have increased spending on administrators and reduced spending for teachers in the years since charter schools took over nearly every public school after Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Traditional public schools on average received about 29 percent more funding per student than charter schools in 14 metropolitan areas, finds a new study by the University of Arkansas' education reform department. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Students in charter schools that are run by for-profit companies perform markedly worse than their peers in charters managed by nonprofit groups, according to a study. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 A new study finds lasting, positive effects for students who attend KIPP's prekindergarten program and then go on to enroll in one of the charter school network's elementary programs. Full Article Charter+schools
ter What Are Charter Schools? By www.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Are charter schools public or private? Do they pick and choose who can enroll? Who oversees them? And are they better at educating students than regular public schools? We answer these questions and more about charter schools in this explainer. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 States vary widely on how they govern charter schools, new federal data show. Full Article Charter+schools
ter How Did Charter Schools Spread? By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 06 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Almost 30 years after the first charter school legislation passed, guest blogger Sarah Tantillo takes a look at how this movement emerged and spread. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Timeline: Party Platforms & Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A look at the two major political parties' platforms since the first charter school law was passed shows how Democrats' positions on school choice have evolved, including increased calls for accountability. Full Article Charter+schools
ter Charter Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 For the first time, school districts are no longer granting the most new charters, says a new report by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. Full Article Charter+schools