Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal
Jewish leaders say they weren’t consulted about the school and don’t need it
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Culture Hebrew Charter School Movement Shows Signs of Growth — and Growing Pains
Less than a decade old, the nascent Hebrew charter school movement is experiencing growth and growing pains. The most visible sign of the movement’s expansion is the appointment of Jon Rosenberg — an experienced civil rights attorney and not-for-profit manager — to be the first president and CEO of the Hebrew Charter School Center, a…
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Israel News Hebrew Charter Schools Focus on Israel
Hebrew-language charter schools — long viewed by some critics as a Trojan horse for bringing religion into taxpayer-funded schools — gained a new level of acceptance when the Washington, D.C., school board recently approved the first Hebrew language school in the nation’s capital. “There is a compelling case for the advantages of bilingual teaching, and…
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Life Diane Ravitch Flunks Hebrew School
Noted historian and education expert Diane Ravitch is weighing in on New York City’s planned Hebrew language charter school. And, unsurprisingly, this champion of civic education and e pluribus unum — and ardent opponent of multiculturalist cant and other centrifugal forces — is not pleased by this latest effort to enlist the public schools in…
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