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Fundraising & Development, Research, School Policies and Procedures
In January 2021, Prizmah fielded a pulse survey that sought to provide a profile of Jewish day school development in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years and understand the effects of the COVID pandemic on Jewish day...
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Prizmah Thought Leadership, Enrollment, Research, School Policies and Procedures
HaYidion Article
Teaching and Learning, School Policies and Procedures
When our campuses closed due to Covid-19, the cast of Fiddler on the Roof was only weeks into rehearsals. Most schools had canceled their spring performances, but our cast was determined. The students and show leaders met...
HaYidion Article
School Policies and Procedures
Students learn best when they’re learning with each other rather than from teacher- delivered content, especially when learning online. In our fifth-grade classes, we accomplish this through real-time collaboration, by...
HaYidion Article
Teaching and Learning, School Policies and Procedures
Collaboration and distance used to seem like a paradox. Now, they are a daily part of teaching during Covid. How can we teach students the important skills of collaboration, while oftentimes there is a lot of space and...
HaYidion Article
Teaching and Learning, School Policies and Procedures
There is no doubt that student collaboration adds many dimensions to learning: discussion about a given topic, deeper understanding of material, even adding a level of enjoyment to the most tedious of subjects. Transitioning...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget, School Policies and Procedures
At Prizmah, we believe in the power of data-informed decision-making. Our Knowledge Center collects and houses data, research and resources for and about Jewish day schools and yeshivas. To support field leaders, we conduct...
HaYidion Article
Enrollment, School Policies and Procedures
As the director of admissions at my school, I typically run recruitment events so that prospective families in the community can get to know our school. I’m looking for creative ideas to engage prospective families that go...
HaYidion Article
School Policies and Procedures
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau, Walden There is no gainsaying the challenges that schools have faced...
HaYidion Article
Governance, School Policies and Procedures
I have been so impressed with the determination, resilience and creativity of our day school community in attacking the challenge of returning to in-person instruction and/or providing the best-possible virtual learning. And...