Last week the New York City Department of Education sent a warning letter notifying 18 yeshivas that they are failing to teach secular subjects at an acceptable level (Read news coverage from The City here). This resulted from a multi-year government investigation following up on numerous journalist and independent activist reports. For example, in September of 2022 the New York Times undertook a comprehensive analysis of local yeshivas, including interviews with scores of teachers and former students. The Times was able to document a stunning failure of yeshivas to teach English and math, so much that in 2019 at nine yeshivas less than one percent of the students tested at grade level (click