The state Education Department is proposing new regulations of private schools after years of allegations that some NYC yeshivas failed to teach students in English or cover basic math and science. Read more:
The new proposed framework follows allegations first raised in 2015 that some city yeshivas provided substandard education.The new proposed framework follows allegations first raised in 2015 that some city yeshivas provided substandard education.The state Education Department is proposing new regulations of private schools after years of allegations that some New York City yeshivas failed to teach students in English or cover basic math and science.
Some 1,800 nonpublic schools in New York state will be affected by the new guidelines, if they are approved by the state Board of Regents at a Tuesday hearing. Daniel Morton Bentley, a deputy commissioner for the state Education Department, confirmed Friday that the updated regulations came in response to “a number of allegations around 2015 alleging that the quality of instruction in nonpublic schools in New York City was not substantially equivalent” to a public school education.The vast majority of these comments “expressed philosophical opposition to state regulation of nonpublic schools,” Morton Bentley said.
“Overall, these regulations are certainly a step in the right direction,” Moster said. He hoped the state will tighten any potential “loopholes” for schools to self-certify or avoid teaching all required subjects.