By Dr. Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc. The Dream Versus the Frustrating Reality It is the dream of every day school Head: a faculty that is genuinely first-rate, and a parent body that knows it. Faculty quality is the single most defensible reason a family pays Jewish day school tuition rather than choosing a public, charter, or other private alternative. When parents are convinced their school's teachers are exceptional, they re-enroll, they t

By Dr. Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc. Dear School Leader: Most Heads of School and Board leaders believe they have a reasonably good read on their school. Their gut tells them where things are strong, where things are fragile, and what needs attention. And most of them are partially wrong — but they don't know on which part. That's not a criticism. It's a structural problem. Without comparative data — without knowing how your satisfaction scor

By Dr. Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc. When a family seriously considers another school, you usually find out too late — at the exit interview, or never. Across 18 diverse Jewish day schools and 2,546 parent responses in Benchmarking for Good's 2026 peer dataset, 24% of parents told us they had seriously considered enrolling their child in an alternative school within the past 12 months. That's flight risk made visible — and most of it is preve

By Dr. Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc. New Benchmarking for Good network analysis of over 1,400 Jewish day school teachers working in 30 schools reveals that four institutional conditions explain most of the variance in teacher satisfaction Ask a head of school what makes classroom teaching staff happy, and you will likely hear about salaries, mission, and the joy of working with students. The data tell a more precise — and more actionable — st

By Dr, Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc. Ask a Jewish day school teacher what they most need from their school to do their best work , and you will not hear "more money" or "better benefits." What you will hear — across schools, roles, and career stages — is some version of: “I want a supervisor who is present, who gives me real feedback, and who helps me grow.” The 2026 Benchmarking For Good (BFG) Staff Climate Survey, which gathered responses f