Department of Education

Meeting a deadline, Education Department briefs Jewish groups on new efforts to combat campus antisemitism

Attendees were divided over just how aggressively the education department should prioritize antisemitism concerns.

Most NY yeshivas flunk city’s secular studies review

Among the 28 Orthodox Jewish schools probed in Brooklyn, only 11 met the city Department of Education threshold.

Ideas

I have been fighting for ultra-Orthodox students for nearly a decade. New York’s new regulations are vital for them.

Even some non-Hasidic yeshivas are starting to cut corners on secular education. That’s why the state must intervene, writes an advocate to improve Hasidic education.

United States

Department of Education to probe anti-Israel bias at North Carolina conference on Gaza

United States

Education Department investigating Williams College over rejection of pro-Israel group

Politics

Kenneth Marcus narrowly wins Senate approval for top civil rights post

Politics

Trump names attorney who fights campus anti-Semitism to civil rights post

Politics

DeVos praises Orthodox schools as model after meeting Agudah leaders

United States

Feds affirm halt in funding to Jewish college accused of fraud

Israel

Feds stop funding to Detroit-area Jewish college accused of fraud

Sections

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