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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...
Winston Churchill once said, ““Never let a good crisis go to waste.” We who work in the Jewish day school world are familiar with crises, both large and small. All of them offer opportunities to learn. Our particular crisis a...
Think about your past year of service as a board member. Is there a special project, a task or a goal related to your service that you wish you had achieved but did not? For example, did you hope to update the board handbook...
How Schools Enact Their Jewish Missions, 20 Case Studies of Jewish Day Schools, a Project of the AVI CHAI Foundation, A "Modern Paradox" School Stays True to Its Mission by Tali Zelkowicz and Cheryl Finkel. How can a Modern...
Part of How Schools Enact Their Jewish Missions, 20 Case Studies of Jewish Day Schools, a Project of the AVI CHAI Foundation, Aligning All Stakeholders With a Clear School Mission by Reuven Greenvald and Jack Wertheimer this...
How Schools Enact Their Jewish Missions, 20 Case Studies of Jewish Day Schools, a Project of the AVI CHAI Foundation, Align the Board, Preserve the School's Neshama by Joshua Elkin and Michael Berger takes a deeper look at...
A New Tense for Hebrew: Past, Present and Possible 20 case studies of Jewish day schools about how schools enact their Jewish missions, entitled "A New Tense for Hebrew: Past, Present and Possible " authored by Tali Zelkowicz...
At the end of a recent board retreat, a school vice president approached me with his frustrations. A CEO in his professional life, he felt like he understood exactly what work the board needed to do and was aggravated at the...
An exercise stress test reveals how your heart functions during physical activity. The purpose of a stress test is to measure how blood pumps through your heart when it is working its hardest. It can reveal benign...
How do you create a sense that the board serves the school instead of acting from sense that it has power over the school? Rich Levin Chairperson, Committee on Trustees, Torah Day School, Atlanta In many organizations, a...