Auburn, Alabama, a small Southern college town better known for football than fine dining, is quietly redefining what hospitality education looks like in the United States.

Machon L’Yahadus Women’s Yeshiva is a unique school in Crown Heights where young Jewish women learn, live and love Judaism. And each student has her own story.

Divisions that replaced Fountas and Pinnell and fully adopted screening have seen sharp gains. Georgiou said he found the ...