AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
The AVI CHAI Foundation Blog
Growing Intention around Israel @ Camp
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 13, 2018 |
Israel @ Camp – a collaboration between the Jewish Agency for Israel, iCenter, and Foundation for Jewish Camp, with funding from AVI CHAI and the Maimonides Fund – is featured in this article in JNS. The article explores how Israel @ Camp helps camps become more...
It’s Almost Pesach: Ideas for School Educators, Leaders and Parents
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 26, 2018 |
Are you searching for ideas for Passover lesson plans, seder plans, project ideas or articles? Here is a curated collection of resources that you might find interesting to peruse to augment your Passover learning and experience: at school, at home, and wherever you...
Getting Ready to Fly: A Case Study Resource
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 19, 2018 |
Are your students becoming excited for the Passover break? How much more excited would they be if after the Passover break they were going on a school trip to Israel! This is what happens for students at Gesher JDS in DC, as documented in the case study “Getting Ready...
How Can We Improve Teaching and Learning in Schools?
by Susan Kardos | Mar 15, 2018 |
By: Dr. Susan Kardos You’ll sometimes hear it said in hushed and half-apologetic tones, mostly by policymakers, funders, or central office officials: “change is just hard for people.” Usually they are explaining why a funded program or state mandate or new idea from...
Day School Affordability and Sustainability
by Susan Kardos | Feb 13, 2018 |
By: Dr. Susan Kardos Eight years ago, AVI CHAI began a concerted grantmaking effort in the area of day school finance, seeking to help schools shore up sustainability and improve affordability for parents. Given the scope of the problem—hundreds of millions of dollars...
Developing and Strengthening Jewish Day School Leadership
by Michael Berger | Jan 9, 2018 |
For decades, studies have shown the critical role educational leaders play in the instruction and learning going on in their schools. In both public and private education, leaders establish the culture that promotes every aspect of the learning enterprise: learning...
Shine a Light on: Jewish Day Schools as Communal Hubs
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 19, 2017 |
Since Chanukah is the Festival of Lights, we wanted to shine a light on some bright spots we are seeing in the Jewish day school field. It is our hope that each day of Chanukah will grow even brighter as you learn about these bright spots and consider your work in a...
Shine a Light on: Bringing Personalized Learning into the Classroom
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 18, 2017 |
Since Chanukah is the Festival of Lights, we wanted to shine a light on some bright spots we are seeing in the Jewish day school field. It is our hope that each day of Chanukah will grow even brighter as you learn about these bright spots and consider your work in a...
Shine a Light on: Applying Learning from Outside the Jewish Context
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 15, 2017 |
Since Chanukah is the Festival of Lights, we wanted to shine a light on some bright spots we are seeing in the Jewish day school field. It is our hope that each day of Chanukah will grow even brighter as you learn about these bright spots and consider your work in a...
Shine a Light on: Collaboration
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 14, 2017 |
Since Chanukah is the Festival of Lights, we wanted to shine a light on some bright spots we are seeing in the Jewish day school field. It is our hope that each day of Chanukah will grow even brighter as you learn about these bright spots and consider your work in a...