The New York Board of Regents are putting private and religious schools under greater scrutiny after years of controversy over kids graduating from some ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools with a lack of basic academic skills.
into how many Hasidic school students have been falling way behind their public school peers all while the private religious schools raked in a significant amount of public money.outlines several ways that private schools can prove that they meet the longstanding mandate, including by using state-approved assessments or undergoing a review by the local school district. Schools can have religious classes but they must also ensure that students develop basic skills.
Private schools that fall short of the threshold will be given time to adjust their instruction, state education officials have said. Those who may refuse to comply could lose state funding. "We need to make sure that all of our kids are able to function in the 21st century, and that includes not simply religious instruction for those in the religious schools but it includes as wellin science and technology, in the social studies, in history and mathematics," Lavine said. "They are absolutely necessary today."
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