California's first Hebrew-language charter school OKed
San Jose Mercury News
California's first Hebrew-language charter school is set to open this fall north of Los Angeles.< The school board governing Santa Clarita's William S. Hart Union High School District this week approved the opening of the school. The vote was unanimous, despite initial concerns that Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences would be a religious school. Rabbi Mark Blazer, one of the academy's organizers, says the school will not offer religious courses and will be open to children of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. Students must study a language for four years and can choose among Hebrew, Arabic and Spanish. (more...)