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How Do We Frame Jewish History for Our Students?
by RachelAbrahams | Oct 25, 2011 |
By: Rachel Mohl Abrahams Last month in the Forward, Rachel Burstein wrote about day schools focusing on themes of Jewish persecution. She claims that in her courses in Brooklyn College, she could always identify the day school graduates based on their selections of...
Leading the way in Social Media
by dfuchs | Oct 11, 2011 |
When the foundation began work in the social media sphere, as with any other organization, we had our early adopters. Rachel Mohl Abrahams, a senior program officer at the foundation whose portfolio includes educational technology and online learning, is one of them....
For Whom the Full (Day School) Tuition Bell Tolls
by dperla | Oct 6, 2011 |
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...
Congratulations to the Day School Social Media Academy Graduates
by admin | Oct 5, 2011 |
By: Alicia Post I had the pleasure of attending the Day Schools Social Media Academy graduation where ten NY area schools joined together to reflect on how much they accomplished over the past six months. The graduation ceremony provided the opportunity for the...
Why Rosh Hashana is Also a Day of Joy: A Personal Reflection
by YossiPrager | Sep 26, 2011 |
By: Yossi Prager Rosh Hashana is considered a Day of Awe, the result of it being a day of divine judgment. However, a little-known biblical story mandates that it is also a joyous day, for reasons that remain relevant today. The story begins some 2,500 years ago, on...
Piyyut Festival 2011: September 19-22, 2011
by admin | Sep 20, 2011 |
Located in the heart of Jerusalem, BEIT AVI CHAI is a cultural center providing a place to encourage the many different expressions of Israeli-Jewish society and culture. It is hosting The Fourth Jerusalem Piyyut Festival, which will be streamed live, at no charge,...
Parsonage – Not Just for Rabbis
by dperla | Sep 13, 2011 |
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 teachers to...
Responses to The New York Times article on Educational Technology
by elik | Sep 9, 2011 |
By: Eli Kannai On September 3, The New York Times ran a front page article, “In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores,” by Matt Richtel. There was an instant reaction from the Jewish educators in the field and ISTE participants began posting on the AVI CHAI Educational...
A Summer of Learning – “Days of Awe” two months early
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...
Mobile Devices (and cell phones) in Schools
by elik | Sep 1, 2011 |
(cross posted on the AVI CHAI Educational Technology Blog) By: Eli Kannai For years educational technology advocates are preaching that our schools need to reach a "one to one" device per student ratio. After all, the first thing most employees now get in any new job...