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Watch: YAFFED Executive Director Adina Mermelstein Konikoff on Spectrum News

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The above news segment aired on Spectrum News on Thursday night, March 27, 2025, with reporting by Kate Lisa. For more, visit Spectrum News or read segments from the article below: State Education Department: Don’t play politics with nonpublic school standards State Education Department officials told Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders Thursday not to […]

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Tracking NYC’s Failing Yeshivas: A Deeper Dive into Data from YAFFED’s Research

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This Blog post is the first in a series where we’ll share a deeper look into some of the qualitative research and quantitative data that we’ve gathered and analyzed on the yeshiva sector.  We’ll soon have the ability to map out in a much clearer fashion just how well New York’s yeshivas are performing, allowing us to

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“No longer deemed a school”: NYSED takes unprecedented action on failing yeshivas

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February 18, 2025 Last week, the New York State Education Department issued letters to three Brooklyn yeshivas who have obstructed the department’s ongoing school review process that they are no longer designated schools that teach compulsory education, an unprecedented and important first step that we hope serves as a wakeup call for other noncompliant schools. 

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NY Appeals Court rules in favor of State Education Department on enforcement of yeshiva regulations 

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The Appellate Division issued a ruling on Thursday, June 27th, that makes clear the State’s ability to enforce regulations over yeshivas.  The case, which was heard in March at Albany Law School, was an appeal of a decision last April to strike down two provisions of the regulations that would have allowed the New York

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Today is a national day celebrating education, inspired by yeshivas. Some of those yeshivas refuse to educate.

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The United States Congress and the President honor yeshiva education today on Education and Sharing Day. For some yeshiva grads, who were denied a basic education as children, the celebration is a cruel irony. By Ben Tocker, Communications and Development Manager, YAFFED On April 19, 2024, the United States Congress and the President will celebrate

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Shavuot and the Torah’s commandment to provide children with an education

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On the holiday of Shavuot, which starts tonight on the evening of May 25, Jewish people all over the world celebrate the acceptance of the Torah and its commandments. Among the many teachings within the Torah, there exists a significant Mitzvah (commandment) that is essential to ensuring the success of future generations: the commandment to

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Mayor’s Category Conflation is dangerous for all of NYC’s students

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Last week, at a fundraiser for the TeachNYS Coalition, a project of the Orthodox Union, New York City Mayor Eric Adams offered praise of yeshiva education system telling the assembled crowd: “We need to be duplicating what you are achieving”.  In making this comment, the Mayor once again reduced the horrific issue of educational neglect

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