Israel education

Israel to invest NIS 100 million in Jewish education across North America amid rising antisemitism

"The Plan was formulated against the backdrop of rising antisemitism in the world since the attack on October 7, 2023, and the growing challenges faced by the Jewish communities," said the PM.

Schoolchildren board busses at an elementary school in Ashburn, Virginia.
View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025.

Israel’s PISA collapse exposes a failing education system threatening its future - opinion

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Israeli student grades dropping sharply, initial national evaluation report confirms

Young students arrive to the classroom at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra orthodox jewish boys, in Beit Shemesh, August 28, 2022.

Israelis rate education system 4 out of 10 as school year opens, new research warns


Israeli ninth-grader wins gold at European Girls Mathematical Olympiad

Ninth-grader Noga Friedman of Rehovot's De Shalit Middle School won a gold medal and Ya'ara Shulman, a tenth-grader who studies at Herzliya's Rishonim High School, won a silver medal.

The Israeli delegation for the 2021 European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) stands together after the competition. Left to right: Nicole Grossman, Noga Friedman, Tamar Pe'er and Ya'ara Shulman

Ma’agalim Conference discusses education in today’s changing reality

The conference focused on several perennially important topics which have assumed even greater importance over the past year.

Leading educators discuss issues that concern today's youth at Ma'agalim Conference

Ma’agalim to hold virtual conference on education in a changing world

Topics include determining if the matriculation certificate is necessary for all students; if socioeconomic background is an accurate predictor of future success and more.

Ma'agalim youth engaged in activities.

92.6% of Israeli kindergarten teachers vaccinated, recovered from COVID

"Many kindergarten teachers are reporting hostility directed toward them."

Teacher shows children how to wash their hands at her kindergarten in Jerusalem. May 10, 2020

iCenter launches first cohort in Experiential Israel Education program

The program was under development for several years, but the coronavirus pandemic pushed the launch forward, the program now being entirely virtual.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Coronavirus: Israel launches campaign to vaccinate educational staff

It is expected that teachers will begin getting inoculated as early as Wednesday.

 A teacher instructs students in proper mask wear, as first through fourth graders return to school, November 1, 2020.

Israel's schools to commemorate Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Activities will include a competition between schools awarding prizes for musical adaptations and music clips of Jabotinsky's songs, virtual tours and a virtual quiz.

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Israel improves slightly in international math and science ranking

Israeli students ranked 9th in math and 16th in science among the 39 participating countries.

Back to school amid a pandemic

Schools and rules in the corona era

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

Reciting Selichot at the Moussaieff Synagogue in the Bukharan Quarter

Israel unable to educate children during COVID-19 – comptroller

The Education Ministry failed to map how much computers, laptops and Internet service packages are needed, the report warns – nor does it know when it will be able to.

Ultra-Orthodox children wearing face masks at their school in the city of Rehovot, May 24, 2020