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News24 Business | Still reeling from the July riots damage, four Fortress properties have been flooded

Four of Fotress's properties were affected by floods. But the company said only minor flood damage and no significant structural damage has been identified so far.




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News24 Business | SA's priciest rentals: Here's what you'll get if you cough up R300k per month

A survey shows a mansion in Constantia, Cape Town can fetch R290 000 per month, while on the Garden Route, one can pay up to R55 000 per day for short-term holiday rentals.




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News24 Business | PICS | Looking to rent? Here's what you'll get for R20 000 a month, and where

The rental market is recovering, including in higher rental brackets. and estate agents reveal what you can get for R20 000 a month.




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News24 Business | Say hi to 'Sandton 2.0', as swanky suburb beefs up security with artificial intelligence

While some were writing Sandton's obituary during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the work-from-home phenomenon became the norm, others - like its property owners and businesses - were planning its revival.




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News24 Business | Troubled China Evergrande pledges to repay debts in 2023

China Evergrande has pledged to repay its debt this year, as the property giant faces a restructuring following Beijing's crackdown on excessive borrowing and rampant speculation in the real estate sector.




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College of Education faculty member part of team awarded $3.5 million grant

A Penn State College of Education faculty member is part of a multidisciplinary team across several universities that has been awarded a $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to conduct a large-scale, five-year study on community-driven initiatives to teach Asian American studies in K-12 classrooms.




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Nicholas Palermo chosen as fall 2024 College of Education student marshal

Nicholas Palermo, a secondary social studies education major from Wexford, Pennsylvania, has been named the Penn State College of Education student marshal for the fall 2024 commencement ceremony.




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College of Education News: Sept. 25, 2024

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.




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College of Education Alumni Updates: Sept. 25, 2024

"College of Education Alumni Updates" highlights career achievements by Penn State College of Education alumni.




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New module to support caregivers of children who are neurodivergent

The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State, in partnership with the Department of Defense, has launched a new parent-education module designed to help parents and caregivers navigate the journey with their children who are neurodivergent or who have autism spectrum disorder.




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College of Education News: Oct. 30, 2024

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.

 




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News24 Business | Exec pay: Shoprite forced to engage unhappy shareholders

Investors holding more than a quarter of Shoprite shares opposed its executive pay, requiring SA's largest retailer to address dissenting shareholders' concerns.




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News24 Business | Filipino giant says Maersk unit holds SA 'hostage', will appeal Durban port interdict

ICTSI said it will use all legal channels to make sure that a Maersk subsidiary, "is not successful in holding the Durban port, and indeed the South African economy hostage to their interests".




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News24 Business | Motsepe's SOLA Group wins first round in Renergen rights battle

An application to suspend development of the solar farm has been rejected, but another seeking more permanent relief is yet to be decided on.




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News24 Business | Deepfake drama's latest twist: Watchdog probes claims that agents have been lying about licence

SA's financial regulator is investigating allegations that agents of online brokerage Banxso, whose licence has been suspended, contacted clients claiming it has been "cleared".




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News24 Business | GEPF says its annual investment return is 'satisfactory' - but write-offs climb

The Government Employees' Pension Fund delivered a return of 4.9% on investments for its members in the year to end-March.




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Getting Reading Right

In a new ongoing series, Education Week will interrogate the cognitive science behind how young students acquire foundational reading skills, with a focus on grades K-2, and explore the challenges educators face in teaching kids to read.




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'Getting Reading Wrong'




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Reading Instruction 'Keeps Parents Up at Night': Advocates in Wis., Calif. Push for Changes

As schools apply more scrutiny to the methods and materials they use to teach early reading, educators and parents in some states have started to form new advocacy efforts—trying to pressure states and districts to adopt new approaches to teacher training and evaluating materials.




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Reading & Writing Instruction in the Age of the Coronavirus

Keep it simple, keep it flexible, and keep the routine familiar are among the suggestions three educators give in assigning students work while distance learning.




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New Generations Project

Two years ago, one of the main networks of evangelical churches in France launched the Nouvelles Générations (New Generations) project to train young Christians for the work of ministry and to build up of the body of Christ.




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Town authorities acknowledge spiritual realities

French OMer Andre experiences that prayer can change the hearts of authorities regarding victims of human trafficking.




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Change in Audience

Although the escape room was created with a primary focus to mobilise Christians, OM Riverboats and OM France worked together to make adjustments in the simulation to suit non-believers better.




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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Teachers Find the Right Lesson Plans?

The IBM Foundation has launched a website called Teacher Advisor with Watson, which uses artificial intelligence to find high-quality elementary math resources and lessons.




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An Elementary Math Routine: Dot Image (Video)

A math specialist shares how she uses dots to allow students to see the connections between mathematical operations, like addition and multiplication.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Working through your 4 stages of load shedding grief

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, we delve into Eskom's latest plunge into darkness.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Getting cargo off our roads and onto Transnet’s vast rail network

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, we explore government's plans to allow private operators to use Transnet’s rail network, which is expected to instantly move some 58 million tons of cargo off South Africa’s battered roads.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: A new CEO today, transformation tomorrow. Is Absa keeping it together?

This week, SA Money Report focuses on the controversy around the appointment of Arrie Rautenbach as Absa CEO.




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News24 Business | Siza longer version

After a year long battle by business and organised labour CEO of Transnet Freight Rail Siza Mzimela has resigned




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Equipped, excited and encouraged

Young people in Bangladesh learn to combine sport with their love for God, and one programme participant explains his enthusiasm for the experience.




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Hope that changes hearts

One Bangladeshi woman doesn’t believe her future can change until she participates in an OM tailoring class, gaining skills and a relationship with Jesus.




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New faith makes arranging marriage difficult

One father in Bangladesh struggles to find believing husbands for his two daughters, after all three have come to faith in Jesus.




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Getting Robin back on the road

OM team members and former electrical training programme students help a disabled man get back into business after two teenagers steal his motorised rickshaw.




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Armed with knowledge, now less vulnerable

One woman’s risk of exploitation decreased when she learnt to read and write through OM's adult literacy programme in Bangladesh.




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Talk to explore flood management, infrastructure funding in New Zealand

Patrick Walsh, an economist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will give the talk, “Distributional Impacts of Flood Adaptation and Infrastructure Funding in New Zealand,” at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in 157 Hosler Building on Penn State's University Park campus. 




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Can everyday physical activity improve cognitive health in middle age?

Engaging in everyday physical activity has immediate benefits for brain health. Middle-aged people who participated in everyday movement showed improvement in cognitive processing speed equivalent to being four years younger, regardless of the activity's intensity level, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State College of Medicine.




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Appeals Court Finds No Disparagement of Hinduism in Calif. Curricular Framework

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit turned aside a challenge to California's history and social science content standards and curriculum framework.




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Largest St. Patrick's Challenge

In 2019, OM Ireland hosted its largest St. Patrick's outreach.




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When God changes your plans

Ariela left Argentina to serve Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and ended up going on a journey she never could have imagined.




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Active Shooter Drills in Schools: Harmful or Helpful? The Debate Rages On

The National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and Everytown for Gun Safety are recommending in a new report that schools stop using active shooter drills that are either unannounced or simulate gun violence.




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English-Language Learners Need More Support During Remote Learning

These four evidence-based suggestions can help educators offset learning loss for young English learners, write Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, and Marta Sánchez.




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From Fidget Spinners to Teacher Stress, Here Are the Top Teaching Posts of 2017

Studies on teacher effectiveness, lessons from Finland, and 'The Magic School Bus' all made this year's list of most-read Teaching Now posts.




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Transgender Teachers Speak Out on What They Need From School Leaders

In a recent video message, transgender teachers urge school leaders to make schools more welcoming by examining their own biases and implementing inclusive policies.




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10 Ways the Teaching Profession Has Changed Over the Past 10 Years

From an increase in teacher activism to a decline in the number of people who want to be teachers, here are 10 of the biggest shifts in the profession over the past decade.




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A Road Trip for Teachers and a Chance to Get Inspired

Education Week has teamed up with Roadtrip Nation to send a group of teachers across the country in a green RV. Here's what you need to know.




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Sustainability to host Indigenous food sovereignty leader and chef Tawnya Brant

Penn State Sustainability is wrapping up its semester of programming with both a Sustainability Showcase Series and an Intersections Film Series centered on Indigenous food and foodways. Chef Tawnya Brant — a Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman, Indigenous food sovereignty leader, restaurant owner, and recent "Top Chef Canada contestant" —will join SustainPSU for a series of events.




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Penn State DuBois to welcome Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers on Nov. 12

The Penn State DuBois Office of Student Engagement will welcome students and members of the public to Hiller Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers visit campus.




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Veterans Day message, events for the Penn State community

On Veterans Day, President Bendapudi shares a message with the University community. Today's events include Penn State's annual Military Appreciation Breakfast and Veterans Day Ceremony. 




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Rick Brazier named permanent dean of Penn State’s 14-campus University College

Rick Brazier, senior associate dean for faculty and research in the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, has been named dean of Penn State’s 14-campus University College. Brazier served as interim dean of the University College since February 2022 and will begin the permanent appointment on Sept. 2, 2024.




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Penn State, Westmoreland County Community College streamline transfer process

Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and Westmoreland County Community College, building upon a long-standing relationship, have entered into a new articulation agreement designed to enhance educational opportunities and improve the rate at which students obtain undergraduate degrees in Pennsylvania.