This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1, 1, 1987, pp. 9-11. Reprinted here with permission. THE PROBLEM Lengthy conversations with some groups of students, graduates, parents and teachers, as well as our own observations, have convinced us that cheating is...
The large attrition rate among new teachers led over thirty states in America to mandate the implementation of mentoring programs for beginning teachers. This method traditionally provides a new teacher with support from an experienced veteran as part of an induction...
About the author: The author has taught in a private independent school for the past 26 years. He holds Bachelors of Education degree from McGill University and a Masters degree in Educational Technology from City University in Washington. The following article based...
A few months back an interesting and to my mind potentially important debate on the question of pluralism in schools opened up in these pages. Many of us weighed in debating the pros and cons of pluralistic Jewish education, trying to define what that phrase meant...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1, 2, 1987, pp. 16-17. Reprinted here with permission. DR. POSNER, Vice President-elect of the Association of Jewish Libraries, is a consultant for the JWB-Jewish Book Council and the UJA Federation of New York. She is the...
This article was originally published in Ten Da'at 5,2 (1991), pp. 39-40. Imagine that your son is taught to read the Cyrillic alphabet (although he doesn't understand the Russian language), and instructed to read thirty pages from The Gulag Archipelago, in Russian....
This article examines the association between reading problems and behavior problems in bilingual situations. To read the article, click here.
This article explores the variety of issues and differences between Jewish Day Schools and Non-Jews. To read the article, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 4, 1, 1989, pp. 19-21. Appears here with permission. The recent New York Regents exam scandal involving some yeshiva high school students and graduates has, once again, focused the attention of many Torah educators...
October 21, 2002 Loyola University,Chicago ELPS 499 Independent Study – Research Paper Rabbi Dr. Harvey Well Reprinted here with permission. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM A critical question that faces educators today is how to set up an effective program for reading in their...