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b'Rabbi Avraham Shimon Moller has been a highly respected educator for over three decades. He serves as the superintendent of the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago.Chicago is the only Jewish community in North America with a central agency dedicated exclusively to community-wide Torah education. For three generations, the ATT has partnered with schools, principals, teachers and parents to support education, funding and advocacy for Jewish day schools.\\ufeffRabbi Moller is responsible for offering advice and counsel to Yiddish-only Charedi-Chassidish Chaderim who are striving to retain the purity of the Chinuch of pre-war Europe,alongside co-ed Modern Orthodox institutions who consistently integrate educational approaches of Western culture.In this episode he discusses candidly with Rabbi Kivelevitz the challenges faced by the schools under the A.T.T.\'s umbrella,particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.Moller sketches the different attitudes to technology use,and degree of student empowerment that do not conform neatly to the preconceived notions the liberal world has of Torah True Judaism.With sagacity,he recounts the purported "revolutions" of the past that technology was promising to bring ,and the durable abidance of the standard schoolroom model.Rabbi Kivelevitz questions Rabbi Moller on the parameters of partnerships the diverse schools have with the parent-tuition paying body that support them.Rabbi Moller reports on how the fledgling re-opening is proceeding with gradations in line with school philosophies,and speculates from his enlightened perch what the next school year will look like.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate'