Schools
NYC Investigating 40 Ultra-Orthodox Schools in Brooklyn
Amid claims the schools give "poor quality and scant amount of secular education."

A city probe has been launched into the educational programs at 38 ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys’ schools (yeshivas) in Brooklyn, and one in Queens.
The NYC Department of Education (DOE) launched the investigation in response to a letter from Yaffed, a progressive Jewish group “committed to improving general studies education alongside traditional curricula” at ultra-Orthodox schools.
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