Although the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law nearly half a year ago, many of its key provisions won’t take effect until August, 2017.  For private school students and educators, the most important feature of the updated federal education law may well come in the form of a newly created position…

According to a 2015 Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who worry “a great deal” about the possibility of a terrorist attack has increased by 12 percentage points since 2014, to stand at 51 percent. That survey was conducted nearly a year ago – long before the recent attacks in Paris and…

Earlier this month, more than seventy rabbis, Jewish organizational executives and academics described as “a highly diverse group of thought leaders from all around the United States,” lent their names to a document billed as a “Statement on Jewish Vitality,” The statement commences with a somber acknowledgement:

“American Jewry now stands at a…

So you’re thinking about exploring the options afforded by private schools.  But where to begin?  How, you might ask, can I even know where nearby private schools are located?  Happily, there’s a simple way to find out.

Every California private school offering instruction in any of grades kindergarten through 12 is required to file an…

I’m a registered lobbyist.

Sharing that piece of information with people I meet for the first time often provokes a spontaneous reaction that’s something akin to what I imagine I’d see were I to back away from a handshake while explaining that I’ve recently been exposed to the Ebola virus.  Honest.  The utterance, “I’m a…