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An answer to prayer

A young boy in a Chilean children's home receives an answer to his heart-felt prayer.




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Praying for the children

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.




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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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Loving every child

An OMer shows loves to a young boy at a children's home who finds it easier to connect with animals than with other people.




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Quality time with water slides, dramas and pizzas

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




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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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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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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.




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A week for the Holy Spirit

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




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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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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.




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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.




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God loves you in every language

A participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team shares about a man who was deeply affected while they visited the homeless in the streets of Santiago.




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Start Early: Close the Achievement Gap Before It Starts

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.




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I Study How Teachers Collaborate Online. Here's How They Can Do It Better

Researcher Robin Anderson shares what happened when one online community of teachers tried to unlearn their deficit mindsets together.




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Only 3 States Expect Teachers to Learn About Institutional Bias. That's a Big Problem

Students of color don't need to get "grittier," writes New America's Jenny Muñiz. They need us to fix institutional racism.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

A breakdown of high-profile news stories you may have missed during the week.




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Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here's How

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.




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The Challenging, Often Isolating Work of School District Chief Equity Officers

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.




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Equity-Focused Leadership Is Risky. Do It Anyway

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




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Does 'the Achievement Gap' Evoke a Negative Stereotype? What the Research Says

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




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Poverty, Not Race, Fuels the Achievement Gap

A new analysis finds that high-poverty schools are the least effective. But why those schools stifle achievement is harder to figure out.





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Teacher-Parent Communication Needs to Improve, Studies Say

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.




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Study: Teachers May Need Training in How to Deal With Parent Harassment

A new study shows that teachers with negative parental interactions are more likely to have such experiences. How can teachers deal with parental harassment?




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Talking With Students' Parents Can Be Uncomfortable. Do It Anyway.

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.




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Engage Parents by Acting With Empathy

Learning how to listen and act with empathy is radically different from assuming traditional roles of teachers as experts, John M. Holland writes.




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Healthy Parent-Teacher Relationships Start With Healthy Student-Teacher Ones

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.




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The Family Roots of Math Anxiety

Children learn what they live, particularly when it comes to loving or fearing mathematics, a new study finds.




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First Food Deserts, Now Book Deserts, Deprive Poor Students, Study Finds

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




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Keep Your Students Close But Your Parents Closer

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.




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Dads Shape Their Kids' Education in More Ways Than You Know, Research Says

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




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What's a More Important Parent Investment: Money or Time?

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.




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Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School

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




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Teachers View Immigrant Parents as Less Involved. That Mindset May Be Hurting Students

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.




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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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Some Parents Concerned Their Children Won't Be Ready for Next Year, Survey Says

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.




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Telecoms Ministry to operate mobile networks until new tender launched

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.




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Wazni: Lebanon seeks $28 billion funds over next four years

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




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Byblos Bank directors hit with travel ban

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.




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Demonstration facility for non-destructive inspection and non-contact 3D metrology systems established in Yokohama




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Nikon introduces the CNC Video Measuring System "NEXIV VMZ-H3030"




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DOJ Sues to Stop Fraudulent and Deceptive Practices by Developer of Dover “55-Plus” Community

The Delaware Department of Justice has filed suit against the developer of The Villages of Noble’s Pond, an 879-lot “55-plus” community in Kent County, for numerous violations of the Consumer Fraud Act, the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and other Delaware laws protecting consumers against unlawful and predatory behavior. Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced the filing […]



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Statement on Kili Mayfield

Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Tuesday released the following statement regarding Kili Mayfield’s conviction in Superior Court: Justice was served today. A man who raped three women, including beating and strangling one victim until she lost consciousness, has been convicted of his crimes. I am proud of the work of our prosecutors, paralegals, and social […]



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Guilty Plea In 2018 Middletown Shooting Death

Other defendants face prison time for weapons, assault, and strangulation charges A 17-year-old from Middletown pleaded guilty to charges in Superior Court for the fatal shooting of another teenager. Derrick Caudle pleaded to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony for the 2018 killing of Todd Dorn, 18, […]



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AG Jennings, national coalition reach largest data breach settlement in history

$600 million settlement over 2017 Equifax data breach includes up to $425 million in consumer restitution Attorney General Kathy Jennings Monday announced a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into the largest-ever breach of consumer data. Under the terms of the settlement, Equifax agreed to provide a single Consumer Restitution Fund of […]



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Repeated Rape of Child Leads to Prison for 64-Year-Old

Murder, vehicular assault, and drug convictions mean prison for other defendants A 64-year-old Felton man was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for raping a child repeatedly over the course of many years starting in the late 1990s. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson secured the sentence for Monte Brown, who in April, pleaded […]



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Attorney General Jennings challenges Trump administration’s move to gut asylum seekers’ protections

Coalition of 21 attorneys general argues changes violate federal law and judicial precedent Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined Friday a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from […]



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