Education: The Rise of Jewish Schools

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The number of full-time Jewish schools has more than tripled since 1960. There are about 200,000 such schools when were once scorned as self-segregating. There are about one million Jewish school-age children of which about 65% are enrolled in public schools. New Jewish high schools offer unique and non-tradition Jewish aspects.

Social aspects, Schools, Jewish schools

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Education: A Bold Experiment to Fix City Schools

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There is debate about whether school vouchers that allow students to attend private schools are good or bad. Some claim that school vouchers is the only way to educate urban, poor children. Others maintain that vouchers will mean the abandonment of public schools. In 1999, only two cities offer publicly funded vouchers.

Political aspects, Education, Public schools, Educational vouchers

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The near-myth of our failing schools

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Critics of the US educational system have long decried the decline of high intellectual standards, but such myths have been largely debunked in several recent studies. Attempts to compare the achievement of US students to those of other countries are difficult and fraught with errors.

Research, Test validity, Educational tests, Educational tests and measurements, Achievement tests

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