by Michael Berger | Feb 15, 2012
By: Michael Berger We all knew it was coming. Technology is making its way into day schools – like all disruptive innovation, it appears initially in a small number of schools, and within a relatively short time, it’s mainstream. Julie Weiner’s...
by Michael Berger | Sep 6, 2011
By: Michael Berger As a program officer at The AVI CHAI Foundation specializing in leadership programming, I always look forward to the summers. From late June to late July, I shuttle between three programs that AVI CHAI has been privileged to support for several...
by Michael Berger | Aug 30, 2011
Many Jewish groups, from day schools and foundations to newspapers and listservs, are watching the Hebrew Language Charter School movement closely. Emerging just a few years ago, these schools have garnered both interest and support, especially in the economically...
by Michael Berger | Jul 19, 2011
By: Michael S. Berger Once again, the Jewish Week has highlighted a growing trend in day schools: the incorporation of on-line courses. As Clayton Christensen projected in his 2008 Disrupting Class, educational innovation will begin at the margins in an effort...
by Michael Berger | Jul 7, 2011
By: Michael S. Berger The Jewish blogosphere and other media have been all abuzz these last two weeks since the New York Jewish Week ran a cover story on the phenomenon called “half Shabbos” – the reality that many Modern Orthodox teens continue to text privately on...
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