Education
Andrew Yang on yeshiva education: ‘We shouldn’t interfere’
Andrew Yang said he would not take action to boost secular education in yeshivas if elected mayor of New York City, staking out a position likely to win him support in Brooklyn’s Orthodox communities.
How to honor Rabin’s legacy
As a teacher, I especially value Rabin’s commitment to next generations. We carry a burden: what world will we leave to our children?
37 states have a Jewish school — and more from the latest schools survey
The overwhelming majority of day school students attend Orthodox schools.
My degree in Israel education was tough, but so worth it
Not all marathons are about running.
How an Argentine Jewish immigrant revolutionized online learning
Study.com makes university affordable and accessible.
Working together helped these Jewish day schools adapt to the pandemic
Working together to address the pandemic, we found a new sense of unity without uniformity in the Boston Jewish day school community at large.
Williamsburg primary upset might indicate slipping power for Hasidic leaders
“This electoral upset is a quiet revolution that is gathering pace.”
The federal government is now funding Holocaust education, but does it actually work?
President Trump signed a law granting $10 million for Holocaust education. But there’s little proof that students who take the classes actually learn.
NYC mayor’s office promised Orthodox leaders report would be ‘gentle’ on yeshivas, emails show
City Hall staff said that when the city did issue a report, “it will be gentle and will cite progress (assuming progress continues.)”
Jewish educators will be on the frontlines of the recovery
The Jewish community, like most of the world, still does not yet know when the current crisis will end. We can, however, begin to think about parts of our life that will be different after this period than they were before. For Jewish education specifically, thinking ahead is critical; it will fall to Jewish communal and educational organizations to bring the Jewish community back to life, and to revitalize it so that it can emerge even stronger.