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...
Boards of Education and Day Schools Louis Bernstein This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 2, 2, 1988, pp. 26-27. Reprinted here with permission. DR. BERNSTEIN is Chairman of the Board of Mizrachi, Associate Professor at the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic...
Reprinted here with permission. Classes at the Cheder at Congregation Adas Yehuda V'Shoshana met three days a week for approximately 5.5 hours per week. To view the various parts of the curriculum, please click on one of the links below. Stated Purpose Kri'ah and...
Prof. Aryeh Wohl was the Educational Director of the Center for Educational Technology (CET-MATACH) in Israel for thirty years. He is the Senior Editor and Senior writer responsible for the Open University of Israel courses on Literacy, taught at Tel Aviv University...
This article originally appeared in Tradition, 19,4, Winter 1981. Reprinted here with permission. Israel hardly seems to be the location from which to launch a critique of the Jewish day school in America. Yet, Israel provides a unique perspective on the subject....
This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #4, 1981. Reprinted here with permission. If being Mayor of New York is the second toughest job in America, teaching Talmud runs a close third. Besides having to present subtle and complex material to students...
This time last year I sat at my desk thinking about what is wrong with the teaching of Hebrew as a second/foreign language. The fruit of those thoughts was an article I posted on the Mifgashim site. It drew many comments from teachers, parents and administrators. I...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 4, 1, 1989. Appears here with permission. Educators universally recognize the professional obligation to maintain the integrity of a student's transcript; however, ensuring that a student's grades are neither higher...
Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools All teachers and administrators are legally mandated reporters. Each school is responsible to have its staff trained: To understand the basic definitions of child abuse To recognize signs and symptoms...
Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools __________ is committed to providing a safe and appropriate environment for all students, staff and employees. Parents entrust their children to our school. All students are taught to respect and...