Thirteen musicians and singers arrived in Vienna from all over the world, to take part in the musical outreach, ‘The Sound of Easter.’

Stories from ReachAUT, an outreach in Austria organised by the Liebenzeller Mission in cooperation with other Christian organisations, including OM.

Over twenty people have been killed in a landslide in Costa Rica, due to heavy rainfall in the Central American country. The disaster caused huge damage in both in the Pacific coast and in a suburb of the capital San José. Together with local churches, OM Costa Rica is organising help for families who lost their homes.

A group from the U.S. demonstrated God’s love during OM Costa Rica’s city outreach, which focused primarily on working within the slums of San José.

The experiences of Costa Rican OMer Yamileth Morales have given her God's heart for people isolated by HIV and AIDS.

Cultivating something precious for the kingdom takes time and patience—but it's worth it!

Olger Morales shares his testimony of how he came to work in OM full-time after participating in numerous short-term outreaches.

Mercy Teams International and a local church in Phnom Penh bring an Easter celebration to parents and children living in the slum.

Mercy Teams International (MTI) strives to see local workers in each ministry field trained and equipped as leaders. MTI Cambodia is one example.

When making formal statements, school and district leaders should call out racist patterns and commit to dismantling White supremacy, advise Dorinda J. Carter Andrews and Shaun R. Harper.

Education Week spoke to chief equity officers and superintendents for ideas on promoting more equitable education practices in school districts. Here’s what they shared.

The College Board's national experiment with virtual AP exams gets underway this week amid accusations and stern warnings about student cheating.

Football, wrestling and competitive cheer pose a high risk for COVID-19 spread, while swimming and golf are at the low end of the risk scale developed by a national panel.

"In order to fulfil our mandate, there are several needs we must invest in," says Stephan Bauer.

OM is known for action, not reflection; for pioneering, not reminiscing. Still, we are wise to celebrate milestones and learn from our past, whatever will serve us well for today and tomorrow.

"Indeed, the Christ-like patience which the church fathers extolled is much deeper than waiting quietly for a bus," says Arley. "Rather, it is a sacrificial and enduring compassion for others, which our Lord embodied in His life and ultimately on the cross."

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."

Inspired by the Good Shepherd who leaves the flock to look for the one, workers publish the Truth in Nivkh dialects though the people group is small.

The change to the Title II program will benefit Southern states, while Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, among others, will see their allocations shrink.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently spoke at Council of the Great City Schools annual legislative and policy conference in Washington, D.C. Here are some of her remarks.

Republicans have some big questions for the U.S. Department of Education's plans to begin a 50-state strategy to address the unequal distribution of top teachers.

Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa hashes out the details of the education budget with Prince George's County, Md., Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.

The version of the tax bill passed by the Republican-led Senate would double the amount teachers can deduct for classroom supplies.

The Education Department wants states to re-submit "equity plans" to ensure that effective teachers are matched with disadvantaged and minority students.

The answer is unclear but "the threat is real," English-language-learner advocacy groups say. The advocates say the Education Department has evaded their questions about the future of the office of English-language acquisition.

A report suggests that the $2.5 billion program should focus more on continuous improvement than on scattershot activities.

In this Facebook Live discussion, Education Week reporters Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa discuss President Trump's budget, and what it means for public education.

As expected, the Education Department has delayed a rule that would require states to take a standardized approach in evaluating districts for minority bias in special education.

Congress grilled the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google about "pandemic profiteering," anti-competitive practices, and the flow of misinformation about COVID-19.

The Center for American Progress has released a set of recommendations for governors in 2019 that includes things such as full-day universal preschool and the study of pre-term births, which can cause learning difficulties.

Early educators, including center directors, make far less than other Colorado professionals with similar degrees, says a report by Qualistar Colorado and the Women's Foundation of Colorado.

Investing in early learning makes the biggest impact on a student's achievement, says Marion County, S.C., Superintendent Kandace Bethea. When a teacher is not available, we have to find other ways to get the job done, such as community partnerships.

Head Start children in Southern states are poorer than Head Start children nationwide, and their teachers earn less, finds a new analysis of Head Start programs by the Institute for Child Success, an early-childhood policy and research organization based in Greenville, S.C.

Without rigorous research that accurately reflects the current population, early education won't deliver for all students, write two education researchers.

Nearly two years after living in an emergency homeless shelter, young children often still had unstable housing and lagged their peers academically and behaviorally, finds a new study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Having a bachelor's degree, a top-notch grade point average, and a relatively high level of work experience actually reduce the chance that a job applicant will be called in for an interview with a child-care provider, concludes new research by Kent State and Arizona State universities.

New data show that a growing percentage of children, especially those from well-off households, attend center-based care in the year before they attend kindergarten.

Half of Americans in 22 states live in "child-care deserts"—places where there are more than three children for every child-care slot—according to a new geographic analysis by the Center on American Progress, a liberal think tank.

Education needs to stop going around in circles, writes Stanford’s Thomas S. Dee.

Federal funding for state-administered child-care-assistance programs has declined since 2001, leaving many low-income families struggling to find child care, finds a study by the National Women's Law Center.

Expert says labels, books, and writing centers all help with skill development

Families may be less likely to take advantage of early-childhood education programs if they work nonstandard hours, finds a new report from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families.

Waterford UPSTART, an online program that offers literacy and math enrichment lessons aimed at preschoolers, received support from a philanthropy dedicated to funding "bold ideas for social change."

The World Health Organization issued guidelines for children under 5, including its first recommendations on how much time children should be spending in front of a digital screen.

A new report by the Government Accountability Office provides the first comprehensive nationwide look at state early education programs and how they are funded.

Babies as young as 12 months are exposed to nearly an hour a day of screen time, despite warnings from pediatricians to avoid digital media exposure for children under a year and a half, according to a new analysis.

The largest experiment to date comparing commercial math curricula gives a slight edge to two popular programs.

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.

With schools unable to conduct in-person evaluations, schools must find new ways to determine if students need English-language-learner support services.

New sheets outlines how districts can support English-learner students, but concedes that "schools may not be able to provide all services in the same manner they are typically provided."