Judge voids rules aimed at reforming ultra-Orthodox schools

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that New York state overstepped its authority when it announced new guidelines for monitoring private schools, including religious schools.
Thursday’s ruling by a state judge in Albany nullifies guidelines intended to ensure that ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshivas teach secular subjects like English and math.
The state Education Department had announced the new directives in November. A pro-yeshiva group filed a lawsuit challenging the guidelines, and gr