“We will offer every child, from every borough of this city, truly universal, full-day Pre-K.” That was Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to the children of New York City one...
After nearly a year of advocacy, working to ensure that New York City Jewish day schools would be included in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) program,...
Despite Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to offer every child in New York City “truly universal, full-day pre-K,” 89 percent of the Jewish community’s pre-K age children are still unable...
OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the non-partisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, applauds Governor Andrew Cuomo for advancing the Education Investment Tax Credit (EITC) by including it in today’s...
According to the AVI CHAI Foundation's recently released Jewish Day School Census, the number of students enrolled in Jewish day schools across America is growing at an extraordinary rate....
New York State Per-Pupil Textbook Funding for all Students Residing in the State New York State requires that all school districts purchase and loan textbooks on an equitable basis...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, welcomed a decision this week by the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in...
The Orthodox Union mourns the passing of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo. Governor Cuomo, the son of immigrants from Salerno, Italy, shared the immigrant experience with many Jews...
All New York City schoolchildren should be safe at school, regardless of whether they attend public or non-public school. To that end, OU Advocacy-Teach NYS is working with the...
This week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to release a new Request for Proposals through which schools may seek government funding for half-day Universal Pre-K (UPK)...
