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Following big wins in 2021 for school-choice proponents, 2023 may become “the year of universal school choice,” experts tell JNS.
California on a School Chalkboard
Parents sue California to use special-education funding at Jewish schools
They allege that state law discriminates against Jewish children with disabilities.
The goal? To create a pipeline of educators amid rising enrollment.
Some students allegedly made antisemitic remarks, but that remains unsubstantiated.
Arab children in the eastern part of the city are “marinated in incitement,” says NGO chairman.
It is a joint project of the Tikvah Fund and the University of Dallas.
Everything is aboveboard with the way the Kiryas Joel School District educates Chassidic children with special needs, explains district superintendent Joel Petlin.
Yeshiva University in New York City. Credit: YU.edu.
Rabbinic alumnus criticizes YU English department for neglecting Western canon
The controversy has spilled over from the student newspaper onto social media.
The ADL’s “No Place for Hate” campaign in schools and elsewhere has been an important resource for communities seeking to combat racial and religious bias. Source: Screenshot.
ADL teams up with librarian group on anti-bias education
The Anti-Defamation League hopes that school librarians can be “a leading voice” against hate.
Peace is taught as a key component of respectful human relations and a major foreign policy goal.
The professors at Kingsborough Community College tell JNS that the university is punishing them for complaining about campus antisemitism.
One program focused on the late rabbi’s teachings is welcoming two-dozen scholars, and an Israeli university is set to establish an institute.