By Bess Adler As any educator worth their salt knows, getting student “buy-in” is critical to the success of an educational program. This is especially true if those students are teens. One of the most important ways to get teen buy-in is to have them take part in program pla … [Read more...] about Making Teens Equal Partners in Programming
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Helping Educators Thrive: An Online Experiment in Cross-Network Learning and Collaboration
By Ellen Rank and Mindy Gold “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you describe yourself vis á vis the value of hesed? What would be different about your life if you could magically rise up a couple of notches on the scale? What advice would you give yourself to take steps toward p … [Read more...] about Helping Educators Thrive: An Online Experiment in Cross-Network Learning and Collaboration
New Report: Cracking the Programming Code: The New York Teen Initiative and Its Contribution to the Field of Summer Experiences and the Lives of Jewish Teens
The New York Teen Initiative, supported by UJA-Federation of New York and led by The Jewish Education Project, is an ambitious endeavor to redefine the area’s Jewish teen engagement with a focus on summer engagement and outreach. A new report addresses the impact of the first f … [Read more...] about New Report: Cracking the Programming Code: The New York Teen Initiative and Its Contribution to the Field of Summer Experiences and the Lives of Jewish Teens
All I Care About is People
By Malka Fleischmann Some of what unfolded at last week’s first Chicago-based Jewish Futures conference, co-sponsored and executed by our team at The Jewish Education Project and our partners at UpStart, affirmed well-trodden territory in the field of Jewish ed. But some of i … [Read more...] about All I Care About is People
In Honor of Our Mentor Bob Sherman
By Toby Rubin and Bill Robinson Recall for one moment, someone who mentored you. Our mentors reveal for us our full potential, and then they inspire and guide us to achieve it. Whether we are a teacher, a teacher-educator, an entrepreneur, or a leader of a legacy institution, … [Read more...] about In Honor of Our Mentor Bob Sherman
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