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1 week ago

Parents, advocates sue New York over rollback of yeshiva education standards | amNewYork

A coalition of parents, advocates and a prominent education lawyer is suing New York state, accusing lawmakers of quietly gutting standards for religious schools and denying tens of thousands of Hasidic and Haredi children a basic education. On Sept. 18, Michael Rebell, lead counsel and professor emeritus of law and educational practice at Teachers College, Columbia University, joined by the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and the Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab at Harvard Law School, announced the class-action lawsuit in Kings County Supreme Court.
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fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago

Parents, advocates sue New York over rollback of yeshiva education standards * Brooklyn Paper

New York's budget rollback weakens enforcement of 'substantially equivalent' education for nonpublic schools, potentially denying basic secular instruction to ~100,000 Hasidic and Haredi children.
fromNew York Daily News
2 months ago

Judge pauses NY Education Department's determination 3 Brooklyn yeshivas violated law

A state judge in Albany paused the enforcement actions against three Brooklyn yeshivas found lacking in educational standards. These schools had previously resisted cooperation with state oversight.
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