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"I have come from a faraway country"

Thirteen participants in a weeklong outreach recently interacted with refugees, supporting OM’s refugee work in Linz.




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Building bridges with "Building Bridges"

Short-termer Elizabeth from the USA shares some of her experiences working with the Building Bridges Team in Linz, Austria for a month.




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'Finally we have found a place'

“It is wonderful and we are very grateful to God that we can live here,” Javid said. “Finally we have found a place where we can live our faith in Jesus in peace."




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Celebrating Jesus on Cinco de Mayo 

OM Costa Rica holds a children's celebration dedicated not to the Mexican war victory but to the victory of Jesus.




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Families receive medical aid and Jesus' love

OM Costa Rica has been hoping to initiate a sponsorship programme in the indigenous reservation of Talamanca. Now, they’re finally starting to see it happen.




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'Where next, Lord?'

Brian Poole in Latin America shares how God has woven together his twin passions for business and missions.




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'I have nothing, except Jesus'

A family of 10 in Cambodia experience God's love through the provision of a new home.




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'It feels like a family'

OM MTI workers teach the Bible and foster a growing community of Jesus followers among a group of factory workers with polio.




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'Believe and go'

OMer Joelma (Brazil) answers questions about her life and ministry in Cambodia.




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'My sin is forgiven'

OM worker Sokhem shares his testimony of leaving Buddhism to follow Jesus.




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Bored, Stressed, Tired: Unpacking Teenagers' Emotions About High School

At first glance, it could seem that teenagers just really, really hate high school. But Yale researchers found deeper student engagement issues.




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The Transition to High School Is Hard. Here's How to Make It Better

Having a growth mindset about personality—thinking that people can change for the better—helps kids handle tough times.




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'What are these weird women doing here?'

Anna and Sarah knock boldly on brothel doors in Central Europe, requesting permission to speak to the ladies inside.




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Director's Update - Nov 2017

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Dec 2017

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Feb 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Mar 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Apr 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - May 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Authenticity costs, but it's priceless

"Every time we communicate, there is potential to inform and inspire others for mission. Shall we not then covenant to ‘tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’?" asks Greg Kernaghan.




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Director's Update - June 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director.




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Director's Update - July 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Sept 2018

OM Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Oct 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Nov 2018

OM Director's Update by Lawrence Tong, International DIrector




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Director's Update - Dec 2018

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong




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Director's Update - Jan 2019

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International director




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Director's Update - Feb 2019

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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Director's Update - Mar 2019

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong




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Director's Update - Apr 2019

OM Director's Update from Lawrence Tong, International Director




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The Secret to Improving Students' Social-Emotional Skills? Start With the Adults

Teachers, administrators, and school support staff must understand their own social-emotional abilities before they can impart those skills to students, according to new research.




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Some States' Share of Federal Teacher Funds Will Shrink Under ESSA

The change to the Title II program will benefit Southern states, while Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, among others, will see their allocations shrink.




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Betsy DeVos Stresses That She Supports 'Great Public Schools' (Video)

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently spoke at Council of the Great City Schools annual legislative and policy conference in Washington, D.C. Here are some of her remarks.




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School Leader on Trump's Education Budget (Video)

Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa hashes out the details of the education budget with Prince George's County, Md., Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.




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4 Things to Know About Trump's Education Budget (Video)

President Donald Trump wants to make the biggest cuts in the U.S. Department of Education's budget in about 35 years. Check out the highlights of Trump's plan.




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What Does Trump's Proposed Budget Mean for Schools? (Video)

In this Facebook Live discussion, Education Week reporters Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa discuss President Trump's budget, and what it means for public education.




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Education Programs Would Be Spared Under Trump Administration's Green Card Proposal

While the Trump administration proposal would not strip student eligibility for Head Start, the federal school lunch program, or the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, it could still affect millions of school-aged children who live with immigrant parents.




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What Early-Childhood Accountability Can Learn From K-12's Mistakes

Education needs to stop going around in circles, writes Stanford’s Thomas S. Dee.




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How to Assess English-Learners' Needs From a Distance? Here's Some Help

With schools unable to conduct in-person evaluations, schools must find new ways to determine if students need English-language-learner support services.




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How Will Schools Measure English-Learners' 'COVID-Slide' Learning Loss?

Native-language assessments may more fully reflect what English-language learners know and can do academically after months away from school. But not all states offer them.




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Educational Technology: What's Behind the Hype?

While laptops and videos can make the classroom fun and interactive, how much does technology really improve achievement?




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Q&A Collections: Classroom-Management Advice

All Classroom Q&A posts sharing classroom-management advice (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.




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Deciding What to Teach? Here's How

To make up for lost time, instructional leaders will need to streamline curricula and offer "just-in-time" support. These steps can help.




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Are Teachers' Unions Finished?

It's the potential beginning of the end of teachers' unions in this country.




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Is This the End of Teachers' Unions?

Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear a challenge to mandatory union fees that originates in California. Is this a fundamental challenge to teacher unionism?




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Could the Next Strike in Education Be Against the Teachers' Union?

The staff union for the National Education Association is threatening to strike over contract negotiations.




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Teachers Are Organizing. But What About Teachers' Unions?

As teacher take the lead in protests over pay, unions face an uncertain future, writes Berkeley sociologist Bruce Fuller.




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Randi Weingarten on Janus: 'It Will Be a Bumpy Ride' for Unions

Education Week sat down with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for a conversation about the recent wave of teacher activism and how the unions are preparing for the Janus decision.




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'This Road Just Got a Lot Harder': Teachers' Unions Hit With New Round of Lawsuits

In the wake of the 'Janus' Supreme Court case, teachers' unions are facing more than a dozen legal challenges backed by right-leaning groups that could further dampen their membership numbers and finances.




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Are Teachers' Unions on the Brink of Demise?

With the Janus case looming before the Supreme Court, teachers' unions are knocking on doors to try to boost membership and mitigate financial loss.