Tag: Jewish Day School
Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers
A Jewish day-school enrollment boost that began during last year’s COVID-19 school shutdowns is continuing, according to a new study from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.
In the last two years, the report found...
Vandals deface two schools in Denver with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti
Police units in Denver are searching for the person or person who defaced a public school with swastikas and anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic messages over the weekend, as well as those responsible for the...
Jewish groups urge public funding for private schools ahead of Supreme Court case
Several Jewish groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of a case that could determine whether public funding could be given to parochial schools for secular education.
In Carson V. Makin, parents of parochial-school students argued...
Indiana’s expansion of school-choice program to empower Jewish parents, students
Jewish day-school advocates are among those celebrating Indiana’s expansion of its school-choice programs to allow some 90 percent of families in the Hoosier state to receive state-funded vouchers.
As part of the new budget, families...
Jewish preschools, day schools, win book grants from author James Patterson
Teachers at Jewish preschools and day schools across the country are among educators who have won grants from bestselling author James Patterson to build their classroom libraries through the Patterson Partnership with Scholastic Book...
The impending day-school crisis is a golden opportunity
The day-school system has been broken for years. Now is the time for meaningful change.
As September draws nearer, Jewish day schools are beginning to release their plans for the upcoming school year. Some announced...
The new normal of Jewish education and engagement
Many discussions taking place right now about a “new normal” for Jewish education and engagement that assumes that the organizational infrastructure of the North American Jewish community will look very different on the other...
Can Jews shed their prejudice against religious schools?
In the last several weeks, Americans have been debating how best to address the question of lingering racial prejudice in society. As the country struggles to shed any remnants of the sordid legacy of...
Supreme Court: Exclusion of religious schools from Montana’s state scholarship program is unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Montana’s exclusion of religious schools, including Jewish ones, from a state scholarship program violates the U.S. Constitution.
The 5-4 decision is a win for Jewish and other...
A dozen Orthodox day schools shutter across northern New Jersey over coronavirus
Twelve Orthodox Jewish day schools in Bergen County, N.J., are closed until at least Friday, March 20, in an effort to stem the number of cases of the coronavirus there.
At least 15 people in...