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New York poised to strengthen oversight of nonpublic schools

Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities hold a protest before a Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and history to high school students on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, outside the New York State Education Department Building in Albany, N.Y. New York is poised to strengthen its oversight of private and religious schools following years of complaints that thousands of children are graduating from ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools lacking basic academic skills, including the ability to read English. (Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP) Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities hold a protest before a Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and history to high school students on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, outside the New York State Education Department Building in Albany, N.Y. New York is poised to strengthen its oversight of private and religious schools following years of complaints that thousands of children are graduating from ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools lacking basic academic skills, including the ability to read English. (Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP) Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities hold a protest before a Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and history to high school students on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, outside the New York State Education Department Building in Albany, N.Y. Leaders of the Hasidic schools say that the new regulations would eliminate their schools where male schools regularly study just the Talmud. Educators say the change will require private schools to provide the basic high school education. (Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP)
New York poised to strengthen oversight of nonpublic schools