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Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap?

Why don’t black students perform as well as white students on tests? One reporter considers her personal history to understand this disparity.




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How We Talk About the Achievement Gap Could Worsen Public Racial Biases Against Black Students

The way education media and policymakers frame education debates can have longer-term effects on how the public thinks about students, and which policies they are likely to support to improve students' learning.




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I Need More From My Daughter's School Than Lip Service About Racism

Districts must put real action behind their anti-racist statements, writes Funmi Haastrup. Here are five places to start.




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'Was I Part of the Problem?' A Journalist Studies Her Own Reporting on Race

Veteran reporter Debra Viadero invites researchers to scrutinize her decades of reporting for racial bias.




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Rebuilding a church

OM Chile training programme participants see people come to faith during a weekend outreach.




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Boys´ stuff and Bible talk

After a successful season of ´Generation X´, the OM Chile team decided to carry on with the activities for teenage boys living in a boys home in Santiago.




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Churches perform flash mob

Chileans and foreigners perform a flash mob in the largest plaza in Santiago.




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Raising support with rubber ducks

Supporters of an OM worker raise money for her ministry by hosting a rubber duck race.




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OM Chile moves into new ministry base

God supplies OM Chile with a new ministry base big enough for the team to live and work together in the same location.




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Singing on the bus

A participant of OM Chile's Intensive Training programme experiences a cultural adventure while riding on Santiago's city buses.




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Hugging grandmas and businessmen

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants spend a morning sharing the gospel in a local plaza in Santiago.




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Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants travel around the south of Chile for two weeks sharing the gospel, encouraging local churches and doing adventure activities.




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Fellowship through football

OM Chile's newly-created sports ministry experiences God's faithfulness in its first football game.




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Flexibility during an afternoon of film

OM Chile's homeless ministry planned to show a movie on the street for around 100 homeless friends. They had to get creative when problems arose.




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Breakfast with OM Chile

The third Saturday of every month OM Chile organises a free breakfast, during which team members present missions initiatives in Chile and worldwide.




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Wilful girl touched by God's love

Jennifer Lam from Hong Kong experiences the love of God transforming the lives of children during OM Chile's Intensive Mission Training.




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Meetings arranged by God

Worker Mirjam Hoolsema, from the Netherlands, talks about her experience with a woman she saw every day during her daily devotion.




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Rebuilding after devastating fire

OM Chile responds quickly to help local churches provide relief after a forest fire in Valparaíso kills 15 people and destroys 3,000 homes in April.




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Sharing the Gospel with a cardboard coffin

Street evangelism - that’s how Nicolas ended up carrying a 2 meter high cardboard coffin on a bus across Santiago, Chile.




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Fellowship beyond borders

Marloes Achterveld, from the Netherlands, shares about falling in love with the people of Curarrehue in southern Chile during OM Chile's Intensive Missions Training.




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Broken but saved by grace

OM Chile team member Marloes Achterveld witnesses God change the life of a homeless man.




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Defining mobilisation

A girl from the Netherlands comes to OM Chile with passion to do evangelism. Instead, she gains a true appreciation for mobilisation.




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Boldness to share the good news

Antofagasta, Chile :: A team of Logos Hope crewmembers pray for patients and their relatives at a hospital.




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News24 Business | Capital growth still disappoints

Although cash should still be seen as a "trashy" asset class, investors do not have many other places to park their money, says an analyst.




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Storytime, Meet Number Play: Early Math in the Home Matters for Later Skills

Preschool-age children who frequently play number-related games at home show better math skills and growth by the end of kindergarten, finds a new study in the journal Child Development.




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In Pandemic, Digital Access and Parents' Education Made the Biggest Difference in Schools' Response

A comprehensive look at how U.S. schools served students in the aftermath of the coronavirus closures finds that schools responded more fully in communities where parents' education levels were higher.




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How to Make Lessons Cohesive When Teaching Both Remote and In-Person Classes

When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?




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SMS Bible verses become daily bread

Pamir Productions radio ministry sends texts to encourage listeners and viewers.




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Bringing bread to Uzbeks

OM works behind the scenes to help Uzbek believers who are providing spiritual bread for their people also provide physical bread for their families.




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Pray for Uzbeks

In learning the Uzbek language, OMers gain insights into Uzbek culture and worldview, thus gaining greater understanding in how to pray for them.




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A joyful mobilisation

A Central Asian girl receives her first wheelchair.




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Sorry seems to be the hardest word

A worker in Kazakhstan notes the impact of the gospel on the Kazakh language.




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God's business

Running a business in Central Asia with godly principles isn't easy, but God brings one couple faithfully through what could have become a critical situation.




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Seeking work but finding faith

An Uzbek woman travels to Russia in search of work and finds God instead.




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Reading with Bibi

A worker in Central Asia has a unique opportunity to read Scripture and pray with an older neighbour.




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Every tribe and tongue and nation

A dream comes true - the first OM recruit from her country sends the next group of recruits to the OM ship.




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Prepared beforehand

A new worker is able to use his profession to reach out in Central Asia.




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'Get out of my brothel!'

God is allowing OMers to slowly build relationships with the owners of a brothel in Central Asia.




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HIV positive, but positive about life

One Uzbek woman gains new hope after receiving the help she needs after finding out she is HIV positive.




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The Substitute goalie

An atheist's curiosity leads him to hear about God.




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Breaking barriers for homeless ministry

A worker uses previous experience with homeless ministry to reach out in Central Asia and introduce his church to people they could serve.




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Discipleship on a daily basis

God uses OMers to show His love to local believers, who then spread that love to their own communities.




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Reliving the Book of Acts

OM Germany's Xenos team met a few Iranians in an asylum seeker's home who wanted to know more about the Bible.




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The need to be important

A young Kurd struggles with feeling unimportant in the world, while another no longer worries because he knows who he is in Christ.




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'Park off' in front of the crib

The local church and OM Germany create a space for contemplation in the busyness of Halle's annual Christmas Fair.




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'You can’t say that about Jesus!'

An argument between two children who attend the kids’ programme in Hamburg encourages the workers that the kids understand the message of the gospel.




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Global Village: An idea from God

In its’ fourth year at TeenStreet, Global Village is an innovative and interactive project that allows teenagers and adults to have a living missions experience.




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Growing before going

Mosbach, Germany :: New crewmembers participate in OM’s GO Conference in Mosbach, Germany before heading for the ship.




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Transform 2016: Bringing love from the Sunshine State

During a Transform outreach in Germany, a short-term team enjoys God’s provision of good weather as they facilitated outdoor children’s programmes for refugees.




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Experiencing vibrant community at TeenStreet

How does TeenStreet, a 25-year-old ministry to youth, fit into OM's new global mission focus?