Accreditation is the primary vehicle for quality control in all professions. Every profession requires practitioners to be certified either by the state, by voluntary accrediting
The ubiquitous post-high school year in Israel experience for graduates of Modern Orthodox day schools has a profound intellectual, social, and religious impact on the
We are justly proud of the education that our children receive in the many day schools in Northern New Jersey. In fact, New Jersey ranks
A recent Letter to the Editor concerning the poor reading ability of students at a particular day school generated quite an online kerfuffle. Let me
Technology has changed the classroom forever. Gone are the days when a teacher would assign students a chapter to read followed by frontal instruction and
Aside from avoiding homework entirely, there are other alternatives. The following recommendations can make those assignments more effective, creative, and motivational. According to the National
Day school students put in a long day. Some have school on Sunday as well. Children need down time to relax, to explore their own
At a Chanukah play at one of my grandchildren’s schools, an assistant principal attempted to light a menorah on stage. As she fumbled with the
My family is a camp family. My parents slept in tents in a Zionist youth camp for young adults, my brother and I spent years
