c Diego from Chile: skater for Jesus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:44:51 +0000 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. Full Article
c Rebuilding a church By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 23 May 2011 08:58:21 +0000 OM Chile training programme participants see people come to faith during a weekend outreach. Full Article
c Churches perform flash mob By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:38:48 +0000 Chileans and foreigners perform a flash mob in the largest plaza in Santiago. Full Article
c Changed in only nine months By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:14:20 +0000 The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived. Full Article
c Raising support with rubber ducks By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:34:26 +0000 Supporters of an OM worker raise money for her ministry by hosting a rubber duck race. Full Article
c 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
c OM Chile moves into new ministry base By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:47:38 +0000 God supplies OM Chile with a new ministry base big enough for the team to live and work together in the same location. Full Article
c Loving every child By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:56:37 +0000 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. Full Article
c 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
c Motivating Chilean churches for missions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:59:55 +0000 God uses an OM Chile team member to encourage churches in the north of the country. Full Article
c 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
c Breakfast with OM Chile By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:34:27 +0000 The third Saturday of every month OM Chile organises a free breakfast, during which team members present missions initiatives in Chile and worldwide. Full Article
c Wilful girl touched by God's love By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:45:34 +0000 Jennifer Lam from Hong Kong experiences the love of God transforming the lives of children during OM Chile's Intensive Mission Training. Full Article
c Everyone must decide By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:42:20 +0000 A man renews his decision to follow Christ after chatting with a volunteer during an OM flash mob in a busy area of Santiago. Full Article
c 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
c 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
c Sharing the Gospel with a cardboard coffin By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 06:55:34 +0000 Street evangelism - that’s how Nicolas ended up carrying a 2 meter high cardboard coffin on a bus across Santiago, Chile. Full Article
c 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
c 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
c Trusting in God while sick By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:29:55 +0000 A volunteer from Switzerland serving with OM Chile shares about a special experience she had when doing ministry in the streets of Santiago, Chile. Full Article
c The miracle of a family meal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:33:52 +0000 Jessie Stein tells the story of God's faithfulness in the midst of learning a foreign language and the struggles of a broken family. Full Article
c 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
c Shelter and freedom in Christ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:20:53 +0000 Antofagasta, Chile :: Logos Hope crewmembers tell men who've battled with addiction and crime about Jesus' love for them. Full Article
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c I Study How Teachers Collaborate Online. Here's How They Can Do It Better By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Researcher Robin Anderson shares what happened when one online community of teachers tried to unlearn their deficit mindsets together. Full Article Achievement+gap
c Only 3 States Expect Teachers to Learn About Institutional Bias. That's a Big Problem By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Students of color don't need to get "grittier," writes New America's Jenny Muñiz. They need us to fix institutional racism. Full Article Achievement+gap
c 'Should Grades Be Based on Classwork?' And Other Questions We Should Stop Asking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Many of education's most common questions skip a logical step or two, warns Alfie Kohn. Full Article Achievement+gap
c How Teachers Talk About Educational Disparities (Data) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 In a national survey, we dug into how teachers use language to make sense of disparities in student outcomes by race and income level. Full Article Achievement+gap
c 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
c 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
c 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
c Equity-Focused Leadership Is Risky. Do It Anyway By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 As superintendents, we must make the system work for all students—however socially, politically, and professionally dangerous it may be, writes Demond A. Means. Full Article Achievement+gap
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c The Racial Equity Gap By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Achievement+gap
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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
c 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