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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
Finance & Budget
When I was young, I loved playing outside on the seesaw. I’d scan the playground, searching for someone who might match my size so that we could get into a rhythm of play. As one of us went up, the other went down. My...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
Prizmah recently conducted a survey of cash endowments at Jewish day schools across the US and Canada. With 140 day schools responding, the survey indicates that total cash endowment funds exceed $500 million. Of the...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
On the first day of Chanukah 5779, representatives of Jewish schools in the United Kingdom will sign the legal documentation that gives life to the Jewish Community Academy Trust (JCAT), the first Jewish network of schools...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
Ask any day school what they need most, and most will tell you money. With more money, schools could have high-quality programming in a wide array of subjects, hire top-notch leaders and teachers, build optimal learning...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
Enrollment management is an essential tool for aligning mission, enrollment priorities and student composition. However, student numbers, even student body demographics, are just one part of the equation. Student enrollment...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
Every morning I wake up and bound off to school excited for a new day, ready to greet my students with a smile and meet the challenges the day holds in store. I love my job because of the students. I don't think any person...
HaYidion Article
Fundraising & Development, Finance & Budget
Since the Pew Research Center issued the results of its survey of U.S. Jews last year, most of the commentary has been downbeat, with many people worried about the rise of Jews of no religion and no denominational identity...
HaYidion Article
Affordability, Finance & Budget
In Field of Dreams , actor Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field on his land after hearing a mysterious voice which whispers “if you build it, HE will come.” “HE” is a former baseball great who...
HaYidion Article
Finance & Budget
Tuitions in our time are inexorably following an upward curve. How can we be sure that families are getting what they pay for? Is our school worth it? These five words lie at the heart of the private school experience—for...