State data offer further proof that school lockdowns were a disaster for kids
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State data offer further proof that school lockdowns were a disaster for kids

ByNews Polite

Lockdowns set New York City’s public-school kids back big-time, state test data just confirmed — fresh proof that the COVID-phobic teachers union put the children’s interests last. Math scores for kids in Grades 3-8 took a nosedive — with only 38% of kids being proficient. That was a drop of…

The fate of a generation of Jewish children is at stake in yeshiva debate
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The fate of a generation of Jewish children is at stake in yeshiva debate

ByNews Polite

In a surprisingly caustic Wall Street Journal op-ed last year, Dovid Margolin, a senior editor at the Hasidic magazine Chabad.org, warned of a major new threat to his community’s vast network of schools, known as yeshivas. “New York’s yeshivas face a challenge with echoes of ancient persecution,” he wrote, comparing…