Private and Sectarian Schools

New York Ends Funding for 2 Yeshivas That Fail to Teach Basic Skills

David Bale3 weeks ago08 mins

A decade after allegations first surfaced that schools operated by New York’s Hasidic Jewish community were denying children a basic education, the state government is for the first time cutting off funding for schools it says have refused to improve. The New York State Education Department will no longer provide crucial funding for two all-boys…

With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools

David Bale1 month ago010 mins

With a series of executive orders, President Trump has demonstrated that he has the appetite for an audacious fight to remake public education in the image of his “anti-woke,” populist political movement. But in a country unique among nations for its hyperlocal control of schools, the effort is likely to run into legal, logistical and…

A School With 7 Students: Inside the ‘Microschools’ Movement

David Bale2 months ago017 mins

When Nathanael was in kindergarten, he told his mother, Diana Lopez, that he did not want to return to school — ever. His teacher yelled at him, he said. And when Ms. Lopez picked him up from school, he would often immediately start to cry. Nathanael has autism, and in a busy classroom of 25…