Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent: Anshel Pfeffer / What are Jewish schools for?
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Title:Education, education, education
Name:giant steps
City: JerusalemState: Israel
"Or is it simply an attempt to sidestep the slipping standards at mainstream state schools?"

It`s not merely an attempt to sidestep slipping standards, it`s a desperate maneouvre to avoid having either to send your kids to a bog-standard comp, or to take out a second mortgage to fund private school fees for the next however many years.

Sorry, I thought that was pretty much obvious.

As a wise man once said: "education, education, education"...