Emmeline Zhao
By Emmeline Zhao
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News In an Education Reform Battlefield, Hebrew Charters Are at the Forefront
In a country where residential ZIP codes have long dictated public school zoning, the education reform movement in recent years has also brought to the forefront a notion of school choice in which families can decide where to send their children to school on public dollars, regardless of where they live. Charter schools, which are…
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News English Teachers Go to Israel To Help Low-Income Kids, Learn a Lesson or Two
“Fell in love” is how a handful of teachers, largely from the United States and the United Kingdom, describe their first-time experience in Israel. That love is what has brought them back to the Holy Land summer after summer — not for vacation, but to educate hundreds of Israeli children, regardless of religion or socioeconomics….
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