Defining Goals of Day School Education (Winter 2014)

From the Editor

• Letter from the Editor (13:1) by: Zvi Grumet

Features

• Long-term Assessment of Day School Graduates – A call to action by: Jack Bieler
• Interview with Hanan Alexander
• From the Classics — Elias Levi: The Rangoon Rabbi by: Levi Cooper
• Perspective on Jewish Education — Educating Toward Inconclusive Multiplicity by: Daniel Lehmann

Research

• To Go from Vision to Practice (and Back) by: Jon A. Levisohn
• Defining Success: The logic model as a program evaluation tool by: Shirah W. Hecht
• On the Challenge of Articulating a Vision of the Ideal Day School Graduate by: David Harbater
• Halakhah Education: For the present or the future? by: Yaakov Jaffe
• Teacher Perceptions of a Successful Jewish Day School Graduate by: Sarah Levy
• Matching Mission and Performance by: Sarah Rosenfeld

Applications

• What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School? by: Eli Kohn
• Parent Feedback Surveys: Theory and practice by: Steven Lorch
• Jewish Cultural Literacy: Who makes the call? by: Chaye Kohl
• Shaping Curriculum Goals: Finding what’s best for your school by: Steve Bailey
• The Case for Core Values by: Micah Lapidus
• Reinventing a Jewish Studies Program by: Maury Grebenau