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In this article I review the interpretative heuristic that lies behind this claim, and ask whether this heuristic accounts for day-school growth in Toronto. I examine previously unpublished school enrolment data and conclude that Jewish families are neither in flight from the Toronto public school system nor are they heading in increasing numbers to day schools. I suggest, therefore, that the prevailing cross-cultural paradigm for day-school growth needs reassessing in a Canadian context and perhaps beyond.  \nKeywords: Jewish day school, school choice, cross-cultural analysis  \nL’essor récent des externats juifs aux États-Unis et dans le Royaume-Uni a été souvent attribué au déclin de l’attrait qu’exerce l’enseignement public sur les minorités en généralet la communauté juive en particulier. Dans cet article, l’auteur examine l’heuristique interprétative qui est sous-jacente à cette affirmation et se demande si cette heuristique explique l’essor des externats à Toronto. Il analyse des données non publiées jusqu’ici sur les inscriptions et conclut que les familles juives ne sont ni en train de fuir le systèmed’enseignement public ni en train de se diriger en nombre croissant vers les externats. Il formule plutôtl’hypothèse que le paradigme transculturel dominant relatif à l’essor desexternats a besoin d’être réévalué dans un contexte canadien et peut-être même plus vaste.  \nMots clés : externatjuif, choix d’école, analyse transculturelle  \nFor much of the twentieth century, Jewish parents in English-speaking countries have sent their children to one of two types of schools: religious supplementary schools or all-day parochial schools . The religious supplementary schools operate during evenings and weekends outside the hours of the public school system. The all-day parochial schools offera dual curriculum of Jewish and general studies, outside the public school system. Until recently, most parents chose the supplementary schools,  \nCANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 27, 4 (2002): 379–398  \nwith their children learning the particulars of Judaism in denominationally sponsored schools but receiving the rest of their education in government-funded public schools (Tulchinsky, 1992) .  \nOver the last two decades, however, the number of children educated in Jewish all-day schools has increased at an unprecedented rate (Jewish Educational Services of North America & United Jewish Communities,[JESNA & UJC] 1999; Schick, 2000a; Valins, Kosmin, & Goldberg, 2001) . In Britain and the United States, these developments have attracted a substantial body of press commentary. Some tell this story in romantic terms where the charms of parochial education are seen to have lured the Jewish community after a long-running affair with public schooling. Others employ a more tragic tone, claiming that the day-school phenomenon threatens to erode a deep consensus about how Jews educate their children (see Beinart, 1999; Murphy, 2001; Rocker, 2000; Shrager, 2002) .  \nAlthough much popular speculation has occurred about the burgeoning popularity of day-school education, it remains difficult to determine the significance of these developments or the extent to which their causes transcend local communities and contexts. Sarna (1998), in a study of the history of Jewish education in the USA, has argued that the supplementary school model dominated for so long because it provided a satisfactory solution to “the most fundamental question of Jewish life: how to live in two worlds at once, how to be both American and Jewish, part of the larger society and apart from it”(p. 9) . From his perspective, the mo","cbCairR1Hi3uYOe6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairR1Hi3uYOe6","pdf",581651,"English","# Introduction\n## Day-School Growth in the USA and UK","[{\"question\":\"What conventional explanation is challenged in this article?\",\"answer\":\"The article challenges the idea that Jewish day-school growth results from the declining appeal of public education to minorities, particularly Jewish communities.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the Toronto enrolment data indicate?\",\"answer\":\"The previously unpublished data indicate that Jewish families are not fleeing Toronto public schools and are not moving to day schools in increasing numbers.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author claim the paradigm needs reassessment?\",\"answer\":\"Because the Toronto findings do not support the prevailing cross-cultural account based on other countries, the explanation should be reconsidered in a Canadian context.\"}]","Jewish Day-School Growth in Toronto - Freeing Policy and Research from the Constraints of Conventional Sociological Wisdom | PDF",1792084693]