I was extremely disturbed by this article. While articulate, the author expressed an emphatic and detailed view of school discipline - after admitting he had no educational experience. Those of us who have been involved in serious discipline issues know that every case is unique and painful. No exception or mention was made by the author for students who: Are causing massive disruptions to the lby MosheGlasser - The LookJED Archive
Early this morning, former Yeshiva College dean Dr. Norman Adler passed away in Yerushalayim. My experiences with him were examples of the ideals this group so often discusses and debates. Dean Adler's impact on me, as well as all the students at Yeshiva during his tenure as dean, remain a powerful component of my perspective and especially my teaching philosophy. I won't attempt to deby MosheGlasser - The LookJED Archive
I have been teaching English literature, grammar, vocabulary, and writing in yeshiva high schools for nearly a decade, and I have noticed that students have a tremendous interest in the personalities and stories of our traditional texts. I have been asked several times by students to teach Tanach as a piece of literature (something some of my superiors would have been delighted with, and some wouby MosheGlasser - The LookJED Archive
I have done a little research into this question, attempting to find some data for my master's thesis (longer ago than I care to admit). I found very little (though more may have come out since then), aside from serious analysis of a system called "block scheduling." Block scheduling attempted to emphasize various subjects by altering the both frequency and the duration - more timeby MosheGlasser - The LookJED Archive