New Jersey: School Choice Efforts Gaining Speed The last two months has seen increased attention on school choice advocacy in New Jersey. Leading the pack was the Opportunity Scholarship Act, which would have provided...
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A Victory with Less than a Minyan: The Importance of Voting
Last night, the Iowa Caucus launched the beginning of the primary season for the 2012 Presidential Elections. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney received only 8 more votes than former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, not...
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School Excitement Vs. Parental Excitement
This piece was originally published in The Jewish Press on December 26, 2011. It can’t be emphasized enough how important grassroots involvement is to political action. Serious unified support can impact the tuition crisis...
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School Choice Background: Pennsylvania
1997 – Act 22 of 1997 was established. This bi-partisan law provided for non-sectarian, state-funded charter schools. By the end of the year, Pennsylvania had 6 charter schools enrolling 1,028 students. 2001 – Pennsylvania...
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Day school movement at a crossroads
By Joshua Levisohn, Ph.D. This article was originally published in the Washington Jewish Week on December 14, 2011. In communities from Washington to L.A., Chicago to New York, the problem of day school affordability...
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Opinion: Measure offers options for children in failing schools
IF YOU WERE GIVEN a chance to change the life of a child, to give low-income families the opportunity to escape failing or dangerous schools — and to do so while saving the state...
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OU Convenes National Summit on Day School Affordability
ORTHODOX UNION CONVENES NATIONAL SUMMIT ON JEWISH DAY SCHOOL AFFORDABILITY; TWO-DAY WORKING MEETING LOOKS FOR NEW PLANS AND STRATEGIES On Sunday and Monday, December 4-5, the Orthodox Union convened a meeting of more than 175 invited...
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OU Announces Nationwide Winners of Day School Affordability Grants
OU ANNOUNCES SEVEN WINNERS NATIONWIDE OF DAY SCHOOL AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE GRANTS TO DEVELOP ‘INNOVATIVE AND REPLICABLE’ SOLUTIONS’ The Orthodox Union today announced recipients of “Day School Affordability” challenge grants for seven projects nationwide, with the objective of developing...
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The Next Step—Day School Affordability, Part III
The community in which I live, Teaneck, New Jersey, is in many ways typical of Orthodox communities across North America. True, incomes are somewhat above average, but day school tuition and also property taxes...
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A Crisis Deeper than Just Tuition
This article originally appeared on Kol Hamevaser, The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body, November 23, 2011. It has been edited and reprinted with permission. To view the article in its original...
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