New oversight rules that would make it easier to crack down on religious and other private schools are expected to be approved by state education officials on Tuesday. The New York State Board of ...

It is a shanda that it took eight years, under two separate mayors, for the New York City Department of Education to conclude an investigation into a formal complaint that some ultra-Orthodox Jewish ...

Yeshivas accused of providing inferior secular education were put on notice Tuesday that they could be shut by the state. Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia released new guidelines that give her ...

There’s been a full-court press of late against Hasidic education in New York by a small number of yeshiva graduates who are agitating for authorities to force additional secular studies curricula on ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A veil of secrecy has been lifted, finally revealing the status of the city's investigation into Ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools and how they fare preparing students for lives ...

JTA — The New York State Education Department is cutting off public funding to two Brooklyn yeshivas and ordering parents to find alternative educational arrangements for their children next year, ...

(JTA) — When Bill de Blasio ran for mayor of New York City in 2013 and for reelection in 2017, oversight of secular education in haredi Orthodox yeshivas wasn’t a major part of the race. This year, ...

New York City has ordered yeshivas in a heavily Orthodox Jewish section of Brooklyn to exclude from classes all students who aren't vaccinated against measles or face violations and possible closure.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Sept. 11 New York Times expose titled “Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money” prompted the New York ...

(New York Jewish Week) — The New York City Department of Education has found that 18 yeshivas are falling short of secular education standards, a landmark ruling in the ongoing fight over government ...