The New York City Department of Education approved the application for the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School. The application was submitted by journalist Sara Berman. For the people who are unaware of who Sara Berman is, her father is Michael Steinhardt. Mr. Steinhardt is a major benefactor of NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, founder of the New York Sun Newspaper and one of the founders of the Birthright Israel Program.
The the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School will open with 150 co-ed students in kindergarten and 1st grade, with plans to add a grade each year and grow to a total of 450 kids. The school would cover the core academic subjects, but be the first New York charter school to also offer Hebrew-language instruction. It would also teach about Jewish culture and history and modern Israeli society.
The school is hoping to be open by the fall of 2009 in district 22.
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