By: Dan Perla A recent article in The Forward entitled “School Tuition Should Be Based on Income” by Aurora Mendelsohn, makes the case for income-based tuition policies for Jewish day schools. The article advocates for a fair share tuition scale that would be akin to...
By: Dan Perla Here’s a fact many day school parents may find surprising. If you’re paying full tuition at a typical day school in the US, you’re still receiving a scholarship. According to data compiled by YU’s Institute for University-School Partnership, it appears...
If you’re wondering what’s happening with this idea in the field today, see this updated post. By: Dan Perla Here’s a little-discussed idea that has the potential to save day schools and/or their teachers some money—allowing certain female Judaic studies...
When Matt Fenster was diagnosed with leukemia a year and a half ago, the perpetual optimism he displayed in his search for a bone marrow donor was an inspiration to his friends, his family and to the community of Riverdale, NY where Matt and his family lived. That...
Day School Benchmarking- One Small Step Toward Day School Affordability In his well written article Why Does it Cost So Much To Educate a Jewish Child?, Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz makes some excellent points regarding a conundrum facing many day schools–the cost vs....
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