The Importance of the Jewish “Periphery”
This is a photo from the Alliance archives of a school in Southern Morocco. The students are flanked by two teachers – one European French teacher and one Observant Native Moroccan teacher – one from...
View ArticleReading Between the Lines: Leadership and the School/Family Partnership in...
By Thabatta Mizrahi It was a last-minute school tour set up by my assistant. I welcomed the father and he immediately began to speak in Spanish, telling me that his wife did not even come to tour...
View ArticleThe Courage to Change
Photo couretsy Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford.[/caption] By Andrea Rose Cheatham Kasper When and where do you observe courage in a changing environment? I always thought it was at the...
View ArticleJewish Text Engaging with Our Students’ Souls
Students at The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford; courtesy. By Nancy Rosen When asked to share an important lesson from the biblical account of Creation, adults often answer, “It’s a...
View ArticleBeyond Academic Excellence: Establishing the Competitive Advantage for Day...
Screenshot: Solomon Schechter of Westchester website. By Michael A. Kay, PhD Over the past 10 years, the market for North American Jewish day schools, particularly those that are not strictly Orthodox,...
View ArticleSkills, Practices, and Habits of Mind: Helping our Day Schools Achieve...
By Debby Arzt-Mor Helping our students develop and nurture habits of mind and skills for lifelong learning must take precedence over transmission of content. Jewish educators must recognize the...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Jewish Continuity: Affording a Jewish Day School Education
Politz Day School via FaceBook By Alisha Abboudi Population surveys and demographic studies of the past thirty years show that effective Jewish education is the single best vehicle to ensure Jewish...
View ArticleInclusion in Jewish Day Schools
By Dan Finkel Rebbi says: Do not look at the jug but rather at what is in it. For there are new jugs full of old [wine], and old that do not have even new [wine] within them. Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the...
View ArticleChallenges and Opportunities on the Jewish Day School Landscape
Photo courtesy JFNA JFNA has released “Challenges and Opportunities on the Jewish Day School Landscape: A Thought and Action Paper for Jewish FederationsDay School Landscape.” The report was prepared...
View ArticleDay Schools Selected for Unique Training Program
Pedagogy of Partnership (PoP), a research-based professional development program and Jewish content provider, has selected four schools to participate in the inaugural cohort of the PoP Day School...
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