Day School Affordability and Sustainability

A Report on AVI CHAI’s Strategy_Lab or A Freezeframe Moment in the Early Stages of a Front Flip

by Susan Kardos | Aug 7, 2013

By: Susan Kardos On July 21, I wrote an eJewishPhilanthropy blog post about AVI CHAI’s foray into different types of activities in these, our sunset years. I developed a gymnastics metaphor and compared a back flip (which may be scary at first, but where you can...

In Search of the High Quality, “Lean and Mean” Jewish Day School

by dperla | Aug 5, 2013

This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. By: Dr. Harry Bloom and Dan Perla There has been a great deal written about new blended learning schools which are leveraging educational technology to increase the quality of teaching and learning while...

How Is This Article Different From All Other Articles?

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...

A Report on AVI CHAI’s Strategy_Lab or A Freezeframe Moment in the Early Stages of a Front Flip

In Search of the High Quality, “Lean and Mean” Jewish Day School

How Is This Article Different From All Other Articles?

A New Approach by a Foundation Spending Down or When Jewish Philanthropy is Like Competitive Gymnastics

How Can Jewish Day Schools Effectively Make Their Schools Affordable for The New Middle Class?

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