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News24 Business | 'Food inflation has all but disappeared': Bidcorp flags record trading, 'excellent' SA result

Shares of Bidcorp, the food services giant founded by Brian Joffe, jumped almost 5% on Tuesday after it reported a record revenue performance for the four months to end October, including an "excellent" result from SA.




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Biases Can Hurt Boys' Reading

Children adapt their attitudes toward reading to conform to their classmates' perceived gender stereotypes, in ways that put boys at a disadvantage, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.




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God at work in northeast France

God works in the hearts of those who attend an event at a local church in northeast France.




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The least-reached in Europe

“I was not happy when the Lord told me to go to France,” recalls one American OM worker, who soon discovered Europe’s great spiritual needs.




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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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Classes canceled in Baltimore County after cyber attack




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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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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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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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Do 2nd Graders Need Homework? Texas Teacher Says No

A simple letter home to parents explaining a Texas 2nd grade teacher's no-homework policy has gone viral and is leading to more discussion about what's appropriate for elementary school students.




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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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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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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: Working through your 4 stages of load shedding grief

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, we delve into Eskom's latest plunge into darkness.




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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: We see what Shell sells with its blasts on the sea floor

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, Fin24s sustainability expert Lameez Omarjee provides a seismic blast of information, helping us to understand what's Shell's plans are for waters off the Eastern Cape, and why people are so furious about it.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The curious case of the Public Protector's renewable energy probe

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, Fin24 investigative reporter Jan Cronje delves into Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's curious investigation of the country's push for more renewable energy.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The oil mother lode and the battle off SA's shores

This week, SA Money Report drills down into the 'game changing' oil find off the coast of Namibia, and how this factors into the recent court battles over seismic blasting on the SA West Coast.




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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: The Putin crony, the Naspers money and tensions in Mother Russia

This week, SA Money Report journeys in the heart of war, and comes back with a tale about Naspers' exposure in Russia, and its ties to VKontakte, whose 38-year-old CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko was sanctioned by the US.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: A new CEO today, transformation tomorrow. Is Absa keeping it together?

This week, SA Money Report focuses on the controversy around the appointment of Arrie Rautenbach as Absa CEO.




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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: Labour pains and the birth of all-out Numsa war

This week, SA Money Report delves into the power moves, backstabbing and court cases facing Numsa ahead of its crucial elective conference.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Why retirement is going 2 pot, and what it means for your money

This week SA Money Report discusses the new proposals to change the country's retirement system, and how you might be able to access some of your funds.




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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 | PODCAST | SA Money Report: How deep do Markus Jooste's attachment issues go?

In a very special Steinhoff edition of SA Money Report, we examine the SA Reserve Bank’s recent surprise moves against former CEO Markus Jooste.




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The joy of a glass of water

One young Bangladeshi girl notices the difference an OM team makes for her education when they drill a well for fresh water for her school.




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Not just for Christmas

New believers in the village of Sunkapur have started meeting together regularly to study God's Word.




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Talk to explore flood management, infrastructure funding in New Zealand

Patrick Walsh, an economist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will give the talk, “Distributional Impacts of Flood Adaptation and Infrastructure Funding in New Zealand,” at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in 157 Hosler Building on Penn State's University Park campus. 




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Jack Kaye, NASA associate director, research, to give meteorology colloquium talk

Jack Kaye, associate director for research at NASA, is the speaker for the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science’s colloquium scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. He will give the talk “Integration of Vantage Points, Programs, and Approaches for Space-Based Earth Remote Sensing.”




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Believe to receive – sharing the hope of Easter

Small outreach teams will share the life-changing message of the gospel with hundreds of women in brothels and on the street this Easter.




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The joy of Easter at a fitness centre

Easter is a popular time for outreaches in Europe. Stories from last year inspire this year's team.




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Beyond the Easter bunny

In partnership with local churches, a team shared the good news of Easter through music with all kinds of people in Austria.




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Persecution, prayer and fasting

Prayer and fasting have been part of the Algerian Church's lifestyle since its beginning. Unity among believers has contributed to ongoing spiritual strength amidst persecution.




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'The East is the new frontier'

Workers Berni and Carla are passionate about reaching the East of Turkey and encouraged by spiritual growth happening there.




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Loved at last

Anea's story is one of abandonment, misuse, tragedy and hurt. But through OM in Kosovo's House of Joy programme, she has found hope for her, and her daughter's, future.




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Saskia's Albanian journey

Saskia perseveres through language learning and connects with a young Albanian girl who becomes a follower of Jesus.




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An architect explores using his passion in missions

For years, Gustavo, an architect from Central America, felt drawn to working in the Arabian Peninsula. Then, on a short-term trip, he saw what it could be like to use his profession overseas.




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God called you, and God has a plan for you

An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry.




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Investing time, not wasting it

For Roberto Ramirez, serving God in missions has been one step of faith after another.




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Tough Childhood for Early Ed. Teachers Linked to Classroom Culture Difficulties

When teachers have experienced stressful events in their own childhoods, it could shape the way that they build classroom climate for their students, a study suggests.




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Ways to 'Break Down Walls Between Classroom & Community'

Three educators share ways to connect their students to community engagement, including through project-based learning and community-service projects.