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10 Detroit Jewish News

University's graduate school of Jewish
education. Schiff noted that Detroit is
one of the few Jewish communities of
its size not to have a Board of License
branch.
Currently, local Jewish day schools
submit financial statements and some
academic information to the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
but the Federation does not consider
educational quality in making its
funding decisions. It allocates $1.5
million to four day schools and pro-
vides an additional $500,000 in schol-
arships for students at congregational
schools.
"From our perspective, we want to
make sure the school is in good shape,
but our focus is providing the most
opportunities available for people to
participate in day school education.
Beyond that, we try not to get
involved or micromanage the schools
on their educational quality," said
Jordana Weiss, who staffs Federation's
education division.
Weiss added that the education
division has reviewed test scores and
information on alumni achievements
submitted by schools, but does not
factor this information into funding
decisions. We base our decisions on
the needs of a particular school in
light of the other resources they have
available to them," she said.
Although not required, one local
day school, Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit, has taken steps
to improve accountability for its secu-
lar studies. The Conservative institu-
tion is the only local day school to
administer Michigan Educational
Assessment Program (MEAP) exams,
which are required for most public
schools.
Hillel is also in the midst of becom-
ing accredited through ISACS, whose
7-year-old accrediting procedure looks
at such issues as faculty qualifications,
board structure, parental involvement
and the extent to which a school ful-
fills its stated mission.
"We're certainly concerned with the
quality of education, but we don't
micromanage any of our agencies,"
noted Barbara Cook, chair of
Federation's Education Division.
"We're funding them, but we're not
running them."
Cook noted that the standards for
day schools and other educational
institutions are an issue to be explored
by the nascent Alliance for Jewish
Education, of which she is a member.
"We'll be setting standards and
benchmarks," she said. 1