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During my 30 years as an educational administrator and, most recently my 15 years as head of Denver Jewish Day School, I have come to appreciate the board and the lasting impact that an outstanding board can have on a school...
In her pivotal work In A Different Voice, Carol Gilligan lays out the concept that women are “living at once inside and outside the framework”—an observation that absolutely resonates with me as an Orthodox woman leader and...
The impact of Covid has, of course, exacerbated many challenges. School communities have not been immune to society’s “great resignation” culture. Some teachers have left the profession; others remain but feel burned out...
Leading Edge has developed a guide that contains six practical steps to CEO performance evaluation.
It was spring 2020, and Covid-19 was running rampant in Los Angeles. Schools, both public and private, had closed their buildings, and many had moved to online education. The timing of the pandemic coincided with re...
Covid has brought many opportunities and challenges to Jewish day schools. We were able to stay open, for the most part, during Covid, and this has led to a new influx of students. The problem for the Hebrew departments in...
With Covid not yet behind us but with some sense of managed normalcy, I have returned to visiting day schools across North America. While each individual school, community and region differs in approach, I am learning from...
Do people in your school know what the best practices are for the various functions of school life? What good and timely communication means? What “collaboration” looks like? How to show respect to teachers? How to design and...
Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, Jewish day schools have delivered the best possible experience for students, faculty and families that we could hope for. Our schools have been praised for developing robust, creative, and...
PRIZMAH'S FIRST ANNUAL YEAR IN REVIEW, A SURVEY OF THE FIELD OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS AND YESHIVAS. This report examines how Jewish schools performed during the pandemic year, with sections on learning models, enrollment...