Confronting antisemitism among the educated
May 7, 2021
(JNS) A March 29 article in the online news magazine Tablet titled “Are Educated People More Antisemitic?” reported that a carefully crafted survey of Americans by authors Jay P. Greene, Albert Chang and Ian Kingsbury found that the more highly educated did exhibit a greater level of antisemitism.
The authors note that this result runs contrary to the widely held assumption linking intolerance, including intolerance of Jews, to ignorance and viewing greater education as the solution. It refers to commonly cited studies supporting that conviction, such as the Anti-Defamation League’s Global 100 study of antisemitism across the globe. The authors suggest that the problem with such studies is that they entail questions that a more educated person would likely know had “right” and “wrong” answers, and would be predisposed to respond in the more socially acceptable way. They crafted their questions not to t
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Public school enrollment in New York dropped off during pandemic
Empire Center report cites preliminary state Education Department data for 2020-2021 school year
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Students are seen leaving Schenectady High School as the school dismisses for the day on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y. A report from the Empire Center for Public Policy in March 2021 said public school enrollment is continuing to decline. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY New York public schools are on track to experience the largest decline in enrollment since 1981, with 66,424 fewer K-12 students a 2.6 percent drop as compared to the 2019-20 school year, according to a report from the Empire Center for Public Policy.