by Harry Bloom | Apr 14, 2015 | 21st-century learning, Admissions, Day Schools
In naming PEJE’s Atidenu (Hebrew for “Our Future”) 18-month recruitment and retention program (generously co-funded by The AVI CHAI Foundation), we were motivated by a desire to convey two key points. First, that research has consistently shown that day school...
by Michael Bohnen | Mar 25, 2015 | Day Schools
To the Jewish Day School Field: With deep respect and admiration for her work, I am writing to let you know that Amy Katz will be transitioning out of PEJE’s Executive Director position this spring after more than a decade of service to PEJE. Even as she moves on to...
by Nanette Fridman | Mar 24, 2015 | Day Schools, Development, Leadership Line
By Nanette Fridman, PEJE Coach and frequent speaker Phew, your leadership development or nominating committee filled all the open seats on your board. What a relief! Sadly, too many organizations think that their work is done once new board members are secured or...
by Amy Katz | Jan 12, 2015 | Affordability, Blogging, Board Leadership, Collaboration, Day Schools, Development, Ecosystem, Field Advocacy and Advancement, Focus Areas, Innovation, Leadership, PEJE Programs, Professional Leadership
PEJE has ascended. We recently sojourned from Broad Street, in Boston’s Financial District, up to the 16th floor of CIC Boston, a building that describes itself as “much more than office space; it is an innovation ecosystem.” We’re now settled in this cutting-edge...
by Harry Bloom | Dec 5, 2014 | Affordability, Innovation, PEJE Programs
The good news: Jewish day schools remain an extremely good investment. Knowledgeable community leaders understand the high return that Jewish day schools provide by graduating Jewishly literate, passionate, proud, highly educated, socially conscious Jews. Thus they...
by Harry Bloom | Oct 20, 2014 | Admissions, Data, Day school as community asset, Day Schools
Jewish day school growth is getting harder and harder to come by these days. According to a 2006-2010 survey of 50 cross-denominational schools across nine communities, enrollment declined by 14% in non-Orthodox schools and was virtually nil in Modern and Centrist...
by Shira Leibowitz | Aug 18, 2014 | Day Schools
What if we could untether our strategic planning processes from typical constraints? What if we looked at building on our strengths and capitalizing on our opportunities rather than fixing our weaknesses and responding to threats? What if we unlocked our potential to...
by Dr. Harry Bloom and Daniel Perla | Jul 21, 2014 | Affordability, Data, Middle-Income Affordability
Is your Jewish day school contemplating middle-income programming? Based on our review of middle-income programs currently in the field, our advice is to design a plan that: Promotes new and retained enrollment Encourages nearly universal submission by middle-income...
by Jonathan Cannon | Jul 7, 2014 | Day Schools
I once heard Michael Thompson, the renowned child psychologist and author of Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys, give a talk. Thompson’s audience: a group of day school administrators, including me. The job of being a Head of School, he said, was...
by Ken Gordon | Jun 30, 2014 | Day Schools
If you’re new to day school development, you’ll want to talk to Amy Schiffman of Giving Tree Associates. With more than two decades of experience in the nonprofit world, Schiffman knows her way around this topic. In fact, she’s running Track A for rookies at...
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