m

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.




m

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.




m

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.




m

'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.




m

Diego from Chile: skater for Jesus

OM Chile's skateboard ministry in Santiago is bearing fruit. Skater Diego gave his life to Jesus, after becoming friends with OM'er Yerko Clavero.




m

Churches perform flash mob

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




m

Changed in only nine months

The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived.




m

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.




m

Hugging grandmas and businessmen

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




m

Meeting again in heaven

An OM Chile short-term participant describes a recent ministry outing as the hardest night of his life but remains hopeful in spite of it all.




m

Quality time with water slides, dramas and pizzas

OM Chile celebrates Christmas with the boys and girls of two children's homes in Santiago.




m

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.




m

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.




m

Motivating Chilean churches for missions

God uses an OM Chile team member to encourage churches in the north of the country.




m

Mixed languages, cultures and experiences

Coordinator Whitney Guthrie is grateful for five months of mixed languages, cultures and experiences during OM Chile’s first missions training for both foreigners and Chileans.




m

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.




m

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.




m

Everyone must decide

A man renews his decision to follow Christ after chatting with a volunteer during an OM flash mob in a busy area of Santiago.




m

Successes and struggles in the children's home

OM Chile’s Children’s Ministry knows the power of God’s Word and the support of encouraging adults can change children’s lives.




m

Fruits from English classes

Teaching English by acting out Christian songs. Great fun, and surprisingly meaningful for Gabiel, a homeless man in Chile.




m

I am the prodigal son

OM Chile's Agape ministry has been running an Alpha course in the day centre for homeless people. Bethany Lyttle shares of her experience there.




m

The miracle of a family meal

Jessie Stein tells the story of God's faithfulness in the midst of learning a foreign language and the struggles of a broken family.




m

An ever changing testimony from an ever present God

When asked to share his testimony, a participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team realises just how much God has worked in his life.




m

The Travelling marriage

A couple from Belgium travels through Latin America together in order to connect deeper with God and each other.




m

Defining mobilisation

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




m

Shelter and freedom in Christ

Antofagasta, Chile :: Logos Hope crewmembers tell men who've battled with addiction and crime about Jesus' love for them.




m

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.




m

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.




m

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?




m

Harvest time

An outreach team helps to harvest a field and a family.




m

SMS Bible verses become daily bread

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




m

A joyful mobilisation

A Central Asian girl receives her first wheelchair.




m

A message of forgiveness

The 2012 movie of 'Les Miserable' provides an opportunity in Kazakhstan to discuss faith, forgiveness and obedience.




m

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

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




m

Wishing on a mountain iris

Workers in Tajikistan long for the people of the country to replace superstition with trust in their Saviour.




m

Freed from the marketplace

A sex worker in Kazakhstan finds freedom in Christ.




m

God was chasing me

A girl from Central Asia shares her testimony about how she became a believer after seven years of hearing about Jesus.




m

Seeking merit from God

An OMer shares with a local Muslim man through the concept of earning merit with God.




m

The long arm of the Lord

A moving story of the anti-human trafficking outreach in Central Asia.




m

From the streets to seminary

Azamat was living in the streets, but through the ministry of OM team members in Central Asia he moved into rehabilitation and then seminary.




m

Two curious Muslim girls

Two Muslim girls from Central Asia hear the entire gospel story.




m

From homeless to hopeful

Anna, a homeless woman, found the source of life through the love and care of an OM team in Central Asia.




m

'Get out of my brothel!'

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




m

From Central Asia to Central Asia

Central Asians experienced God’s transformation in their own lives. Now they mobilise others to the least reached in their region.




m

Stories from the Silk Road

Participants serving in the annual Central Asian outreach experience God in new ways when they leave their comfort zones.




m

From death to life

OM workers in Central Asia minister to homeless people. Some people reject their help, but others find new life.




m

Transformational technology

OM workers in Central Asia use technology to develop new discipleship and worship tools for local believers.




m

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.




m

Shelter from the streets

A simple shelter in Central Asia provides a place for homeless women to get off the streets and connect with God.




m

Living among the least reached

An OM couple shares their lives, their faith and their professional skills with unreached people in Central Asia.