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by Guest | Jul 24, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. This article is part of a series focusing on new ideas emerging from the day school field with relevance for Jewish professionals in Jewish education and beyond. The post contributes to the conversation...
A New Approach by a Foundation Spending Down or When Jewish Philanthropy is Like Competitive Gymnastics
by Susan Kardos | Jul 22, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. by Susan Kardos The AVI CHAI Foundation is a Jewish education philanthropic foundation which will be spending all of its assets and winding down its operations by 2020. We have tried to build a good...
How Can Jewish Day Schools Effectively Make Their Schools Affordable for The New Middle Class?
by Guest | Jul 17, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. This article is part of a series focusing on new ideas emerging from the day school field with relevance for Jewish professionals in Jewish education and beyond. The post contributes to the conversation...
Connected Learning at ISTE
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 15, 2013 |
by: Deborah Fishman If you’re looking for inspiration to spark your school’s use of technology in the classroom, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a good place to find it. The annual conference features keynote presentations, technology...
Jewish Day School Affordability: Lessons Learned from the Field
by Guest | Jul 10, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. This article is part of a series focusing on new ideas emerging from the day school field with relevance for Jewish professionals in Jewish education and beyond. The post contributes to the conversation...
Cage-Busting Leadership
by StevenBrown | Jul 8, 2013 |
By: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D As a program officer at The AVI CHAI Foundation, I am responsible for the foundation’s day school leadership grants portfolio. I am therefore constantly surveying the field and its literature for ways to help frame our approach to day...
Excellence and Efficiency
by Guest | Jun 26, 2013 |
By Sean Kennedy Some Jewish day school leaders are skeptical of a new instructional model called “blended learning”. We believe the new model has the potential to improve academic outcomes and ease the growing affordability crisis in Jewish day schools. Here’s why:...
Four Lessons for Maturing Your Social Media Practice: Evidence from the Jewish Day School Social Media Academy
by Guest | Jun 24, 2013 |
By Lisa Colton, Chief Learning Officer, See3 Communications, and Academy Tour Guide Over the past nine months, 20 day schools from around the country have been immersed in an intensive Academy to catapult their social media work – and strategic goals of their schools...
How Do You Own Your Story?
by Guest | Jun 20, 2013 |
Jews today choose Judaism and therefore need to both know and own the Jewish narrative in order to develop a meaningful connection to Jewish life. In his passionate and personal ELI Talk, Richard Joel, President of Yeshiva University, outlines the importance of not...
In Appreciation…
by Michael Berger | Jun 19, 2013 |
We are pleased to share with you Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger’s remarks to the graduating class of the Pardes Educators Program, an AVI CHAI funded program since 2000. While directed to the graduates, his words of inspiration and appreciation are truly an expression of...