Nov 9, 2022 By: yunews
Yeshiva University has announced a $5 million gift from philanthropist Anita Zucker of Charleston, South Carolina, to establish the Anita Zucker Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators.
The generous gift will provide scholarships for qualified Yeshiva University undergraduate students who wish to pursue careers in Jewish early childhood education. It will also fund:
- Sponsorship for students to the NAEYC Annual Conference, which gathers together early childhood educators from around the globe to connect, collaborate and learn.
- A peer-reviewed annual Journal of Early Childhood Jewish Education to promote high quality scholarship and inquiry into early childhood Jewish education.
- Research Fellows from YU graduate schools who partner with the Center to conduct early childhood education (ECE) research as part of their advanced academic study.