Subpar?

On December 4, the Yeshiva World published a statement by Rabbi Yaakov Bender, the Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah regarding the use of the New York Times of a picture of his yeshiva in an article asking whether yeshiva students are receiving a subpar education. On December 18, the Yeshiva World published an article about an NYPD traffic agent who was impressed by the behavior of a young yeshiva boy from Rabbi Bender's yeshiva.
Perhaps the New York Times should publish an article questioning whether public schools are receiving a subpar education.

,,,the policeman pointed at the 7 year old walking down the street to Darchei saying “I just want to tell you that I’m used to kids passing by me cursing me and getting away with it because they are kids, and I’ve seen good kids who would never do that. But this one! I’ve yet to see! A young child passing by saying “good morning officer how are you doing?”
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1646851/kiddush-hashem-nypd-traffic-agent-impressed-with-exceptional-behavior-of-young-yeshiva-boy-watch-the-video.html

The New York Times has an article online suggesting that yeshiva students receive a subpar education. It is a horribly unfair attack on our entire yeshiva system. Incredibly, the Times article is illustrated with a photo of our yeshiva, Darchei Torah.

Subpar? Our students regularly outperform students in New York City’s public schools.

Students who want to avoid a subpar education should leave the public schools and enroll in a Yeshiva such as ours.

We take the most pride in fulfilling our primary mission of teaching Torah and imparting Torah values. But we also outperform the public schools academically at every level. Our performance on State tests far surpasses theirs, we offer numerous Advanced Placement courses, and our graduates achieve great success in their chosen professions. Six of our alumni have attended Harvard Law School over the past decade!

We also do far better than the public schools in other important ways: we are free of drugs, crime and the disrespect that plagues New York youth. Our Yeshivos certainly do not need the advice of our local school boards.

They surely should be interested in observing us, not to evaluate our performance but to learn how to emulate our success.

The New York Times has no business disparaging our yeshiva system. Their criticism of yeshivas was as off-base as their choice of a photo of Darchei Torah to accompany their article. https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1637392/read-this-harav-yaakov-bender-slams-ny-times-over-anti-yeshiva-article-following-new-nys-education-policy.html

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