Schools can't even afford to hire enough teachers, so why are we surprised that teachers are turning to a website for resources? asks Kat Tipton.

Nearly half of all Mzansi accounts, created in 2004 as a means of having more people bank, are dormant but SA’s top banks won’t abandon the system.

Investec's Value Fund has for the first time since 2000 ditched any exposure to big four banking stocks and major retail groups.

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

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

An electricity cut offers an opportunity for a Central Asian believer to share stories from the Bible with her family, who normally wouldn’t listen.

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

A sex worker in Kazakhstan finds freedom in Christ.

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

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

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

One OM couple uses Transformation Prayer Ministry to help followers of Jesus in Central Asia find freedom from lies they have believed.

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.

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.

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

OM Chile shares the gospel by offering free services, doing dramas and performing a flash mob as part of a church youth camp.

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

For two days, the OM Chile Agape Team share with homeless people about the Holy Spirit and witness miracles.

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

A volunteer from Switzerland serving with OM Chile shares about a special experience she had when doing ministry in the streets of Santiago, Chile.

Many of education's most common questions skip a logical step or two, warns Alfie Kohn.

In a national survey, we dug into how teachers use language to make sense of disparities in student outcomes by race and income level.

As some districts try to dismantle racist and biased policies and practices, they are creating high-profile positions to lead that public, sometimes hostile, reckoning.

As superintendents, we must make the system work for all students—however socially, politically, and professionally dangerous it may be, writes Demond A. Means.

As black-white achievement gaps widen in schools, so, too, do disparities in discipline rates between black and white students, according to a study published Wednesday of 2,000 schools.

What we call education inequality defines how—and even if—we solve it, write three researchers.

Black students are not to blame for their lack of educational opportunities, argues assistant principal Eric Higgins.

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

A new study found that students who received teacher home visits did better on state tests and had better attendance records than students whose homes were not visited.

By building relationships and keeping the communication lines open and honest, parents feel included and involved in their child's education, teacher Beth Adreon says.

Let's make engaging students and families beyond our classrooms a part of every lesson plan, Megan M. Allen writes.

'Food deserts' have long been a concern. But what happens when poor young children have little access to "food for the mind"?

When teachers open up their classrooms and their teaching to parents, they build mutual trust and respect and avoid the nasty business of conflict, Eoin Lenihan writes.

A study by RTI International and Johns Hopkins University found evidence that teachers' assumptions and biases about their students' families can change after visiting their homes.

Though much of the parent involvement research focuses on mothers, emerging studies show involved fathers can significantly improve their children's educational progress, too.

Partnering with parents can help students of any age who have trouble with social or mental health issues. But the devil is in the details, finds an analysis of more than 100 studies.

A new study finds one intervention cut early absenteeism by 15 percent by correcting common parent misconceptions about attendance.

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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.

Initial talks between the International Monetary Fund and Lebanon’s government on its financial rescue plan have been productive, the IMF’s managing director said Monday.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Telecommunications has been authorized by the Cabinet to temporarily operate the country’s two cellular networks until a new tender is launched, Minister of Telecommunications Talal Hawat said Tuesday.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said Tuesday that Lebanon needs around $28 billion financial injection over the next four years.

Lebanese banks are working on a national financial rescue plan that would preserve some of their capital rather than writing it all off as outlined in a government program, the banking association head said.

Tyre’s Court of Urgent Matters Judge Mohamad Mazeh issued an order Wednesday to prevent the chairman of Byblos Bank and some members of its board of directors from traveling abroad.

Bank Audi proposed using government assets as collateral to offset the losses of the Central Bank and commercial banks that were the result of lending to the state.