Group seeks $40 billion for Jewish day schools
PHILADELPHIA —The Endowment Fund for School Choice announced that it wants to raise $40 billion for Jewish day schools — yes, the “b” in...
Students learn family stories, tell about them in Hebrew
Hebrew was never Gabriel Brumberg’s favorite subject, but his opinion improved when his sixth-grade class at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s...
$15 million pledged for day school endowment
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School announced that it has received $15 million in pledges toward a $20 million endowment campaign.
“The campaign is about...
Kemp Mill parents plan effort to bring Hebrew to public school
A group of Orthodox parents in the Silver Spring neighborhood of Kemp Mill is beginning to develop a plan to bring extracurricular Hebrew and...
Eco-friendly lunch boxes
As more and more parents try to pack their kids healthier school lunches and school systems have grappled with providing healthier options, eco-friendly lunch...
Lockers that rock
In 2011, The New York Times declared middle school lockers “the latest frontier in nesting.” Four years later, that trend seems to have remained...
The cost of education
Back-to-school sales are already in full force at stores such as Target and Wal-Mart, and this year, families are
expected to spend more on school...
Under pressure
As students prepare for their first day back to school after summer break with newly bought clothes and fresh supplies, many will return to...
Giving kids the tools to cope with bullying
Bullying has been in the headlines recently, and the playground is a place that this aggressive behavior can become a problem. Former minor league baseball player...
Phoning it in
Kids are always being told to put away their smartphones in class. It’s the 21st-century equivalent of making them spit out their gum.
But the...
