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I too agree that a Central Board of Education of any kind would hinder the
efficiency of private, focused, mission-driven schools such as ours.
Our school has undertaken and ambitious and intensive curriculum renewal
initiative. We have been very fortunate to have had the guidance of the
Lookstein Center during these past two years in this endeavor. In addition
we have used other expert resources from different locations in the US,
from whom we gained valuable help. Our teachers as well are very dedicated
and committed to this process. After 2 years of meetings, in-service
training, training in Israel through the Lookstein Center and actually
implementing and testing some of the ideas that have resulted from all
this effort, the teachers are now in the process of actually putting down
the enriched curriculum to paper in a formal manner.
As educators, you all know the amount of time and manpower it takes to
coordinate such a worthwhile task. I'm sure there are many schools such
as ours that find themselves in this same position and would welcome the
opportunity to hear about foundations that would be interested in
supporting such schools. With a focused curriculum the issue of time
limitations should be greatly alleviated and the learning significantly
enhanced.
Evelyn Katz
President
Greater Miami Hebrew Academy</HTML>
