en Snap shot: Denmark gatecrash EURO party By www.uefa.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:30:00 GMT Our series focusing on the big moments in EURO history and the people involved reaches 1992, and the final act of last-minute entrants Denmark's fairy-tale summer. Full Article History
en Teachers Told Me Their Stories of Sexual Assault and Harassment—and Why They Keep Silent By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Even in this extraordinary #MeToo era, ordinary women who've experienced harassment or assault at work are often reluctant to share their stories publicly. Arianna Prothero found that to be just as true as she reported on sexual harassment and assaults in schools and other K-12 workplaces. Full Article Publishing
en Fin24.com | Life cover: with investment? By www.fin24.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:15:09 +0200 Should a life policy also include an investment component? A financial planner gives his take. Full Article
en A message of forgiveness By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:33:00 +0000 The 2012 movie of 'Les Miserable' provides an opportunity in Kazakhstan to discuss faith, forgiveness and obedience. Full Article
en God works when the lights go out By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:18:57 +0000 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. Full Article
en Connecting to worship in Central Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 08 May 2017 17:48:38 +0000 An app of praise and worship songs is allowing Central Asian believers to share and access music in their heart languages. Full Article
en From Central Asia to Central Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:36:42 +0000 Central Asians experienced God’s transformation in their own lives. Now they mobilise others to the least reached in their region. Full Article
en Scripture for Central Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:34:22 +0000 Books played an important role in Aslan's salvation. Now he provides literature to other Central Asians. Full Article
en Pioneering in Central Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:24:59 +0000 A small team share stories and spread hope among least-reached Muslims in Central Asia. Full Article
en Praying for the children By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:41:49 +0000 An OM Chile team member visits two children's homes each week to invest in the kids' lives. She asks people to join her in prayer. Full Article
en Hugging grandmas and businessmen By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:19:10 +0000 OM Chile's Intensive Training participants spend a morning sharing the gospel in a local plaza in Santiago. Full Article
en Meeting again in heaven By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:23:44 +0000 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. Full Article
en Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:32:56 +0000 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. Full Article
en Strengthening relationships through supper By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:41:50 +0000 In an effort to strengthen relationships with local churches, OM Chile recently held a dinner for local pastors that featured international flavours and testimonies. Full Article
en Mixed languages, cultures and experiences By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:12:41 +0000 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. Full Article
en A friend on the streets By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:49:42 +0000 A student with OM Chile’s Intensive Mission Training and a man living on the streets of Santiago dream together about what heaven will be like. Full Article
en Successes and struggles in the children's home By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:20:31 +0000 OM Chile’s Children’s Ministry knows the power of God’s Word and the support of encouraging adults can change children’s lives. Full Article
en Fruits from English classes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 07:20:43 +0000 Teaching English by acting out Christian songs. Great fun, and surprisingly meaningful for Gabiel, a homeless man in Chile. Full Article
en Challenged in Africa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:27:40 +0000 OM Chile worker shares her experience of the AIDSLink International training in South Africa. Full Article
en Broken but saved by grace By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:54:11 +0000 OM Chile team member Marloes Achterveld witnesses God change the life of a homeless man. Full Article
en An ever changing testimony from an ever present God By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 02:00:59 +0000 When asked to share his testimony, a participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team realises just how much God has worked in his life. Full Article
en Achievement Gap By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Achievement gaps in math between Latino students and their white counterparts set in before kindergarten, says a new report by Child Trends' Hispanic Institute. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Achievement Gaps By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 White teachers are generally less optimistic about their black students' chances of obtaining a four-year degree than black teachers—and those lowered expectations could become "self-fulfilling prophecies" when students internalize them or when teachers change their approach to students as a result, Full Article Achievement+gap
en The Achievement Gap Isn't on Parents By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 A recent blog post by Walt Gardner ("The Hard Truth About the Achievement Gap," placed the blame for the achievement gap on one group above others: parents. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Start Early: Close the Achievement Gap Before It Starts By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The non-marital birth rate to women age 24 and under was 71 percent in 2017. Here's what that means for educational outcomes and schools, according to guest blogger Ian Rowe. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here's How By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Flipped classrooms have been getting attention as a way for teachers to find more time for activities and individual support during the regular school day, but a new study cautions that the model could trade short-term gains for wider achievement gaps. Full Article Achievement+gap
en The Deficit Lens of the 'Achievement Gap' Needs to Be Flipped. Here's How By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Does a student have a fixed or a growth mindset? That's the wrong question for us to measure, argues researcher Dave Paunesku. Full Article Achievement+gap
en The Challenging, Often Isolating Work of School District Chief Equity Officers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Achievement Gaps By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 In 50 years, the achievement gap has been unchanged, with the poorest 10 percent of students performing three to four years behind the wealthiest 10 percent of peers, finds a new study in the journal Education Next. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Black-White Achievement Gaps Go Hand in Hand With Discipline Disparities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Does 'the Achievement Gap' Evoke a Negative Stereotype? What the Research Says By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 What we call education inequality defines how—and even if—we solve it, write three researchers. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Poverty, Not Race, Fuels the Achievement Gap By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A new analysis finds that high-poverty schools are the least effective. But why those schools stifle achievement is harder to figure out. Full Article Achievement+gap
en The Dangerous Narrative That Lurks Under the 'Achievement Gap' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Black students are not to blame for their lack of educational opportunities, argues assistant principal Eric Higgins. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Why don’t black students perform as well as white students on tests? One reporter considers her personal history to understand this disparity. Full Article Achievement+gap
en Teacher-Parent Communication Needs to Improve, Studies Say By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Teachers and parents need to work on communication with one another, two recent studies suggest, and that may be especially true when immigrant students or students of color are involved. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Missouri Teachers See Student Academic Gains After Making Home Visits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Study: Teachers May Need Training in How to Deal With Parent Harassment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 A new study shows that teachers with negative parental interactions are more likely to have such experiences. How can teachers deal with parental harassment? Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Talking With Students' Parents Can Be Uncomfortable. Do It Anyway. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Engage Parents by Acting With Empathy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Learning how to listen and act with empathy is radically different from assuming traditional roles of teachers as experts, John M. Holland writes. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Healthy Parent-Teacher Relationships Start With Healthy Student-Teacher Ones By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Teacher Adrianne G. Williams cultivates an environment where she focuses on students' interpersonal qualities as well as their academic ones. The students see her effort, she says, and the parents follow. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en What a Lesson Plan for Parent Engagement Looks Like By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Let's make engaging students and families beyond our classrooms a part of every lesson plan, Megan M. Allen writes. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en First Food Deserts, Now Book Deserts, Deprive Poor Students, Study Finds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 'Food deserts' have long been a concern. But what happens when poor young children have little access to "food for the mind"? Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Keep Your Students Close But Your Parents Closer By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Can Visiting Students at Home Make Teachers Less Biased? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Tighter Home-School Bonds Improve Students' Social and Emotional Skills (as Well as Academics) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en What's a More Important Parent Investment: Money or Time? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Two new international studies look at how parents judge how to invest in their children's education, and what happens to children's academic progress when one parent can't be involved. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 A new study finds one intervention cut early absenteeism by 15 percent by correcting common parent misconceptions about attendance. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en There's a Disconnect Between Parent Expectations and Student Realities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 A first look at new federal data on parent involvement suggests a disconnect between parents' expectations and school outcomes. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Teachers View Immigrant Parents as Less Involved. That Mindset May Be Hurting Students By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Students whose teachers viewed their parents as less engaged in their schooling had lower grade point averages and were less likely to be recommended for advanced courses, according to a new study. Full Article Parentinvolvement
en Some Parents Concerned Their Children Won't Be Ready for Next Year, Survey Says By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 While most parents of K-12 students seem pleased with the communication and educational activities schools are providing during the COVID-19 shutdowns, some are still concerned about how prepared their children will be for the next school year, a University of Southern California survey finds. Full Article Parentinvolvement