Israel education

If we want strong Jewish identities, we must bring young Jews to Israel - opinion

Encounters with Israelis shatter the caricatures shaped by hostile media or campus narratives that many arrive with on their trip.

 Ben Gurion Airport
Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

Israel to ban cell phones in middle schools, Education Ministry confirms

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs


Displaced Gaza border children receive unique report cards amid war

Beyond the Headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news  

 "There's a newfound resolve to defend the nation of Israel and Judaism, and to stand against Hamas and anti-Semitism,” said attendees of an event in Poland

Haredi girls lead the achievements of girls in Israel in mathematics, reading

The results are from the PISA test conducted last year, postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Ultra Orthodox girls go to their haredi school "Mishkenot Da'at" which is located on the premises of the secular "Language and Cultures" school, in Beit Shemesh, on September 8, 2014.

Without Jewish friends at my school, I feel alone in my fears about what’s happening in Israel

I have no Jewish friends at school; I have nobody with whom I feel comfortable talking about Israel.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest, in Dublin.

Herzog travels to Lower Galilee, symbolically opens Israel's school year

Herzog, who attends school year openings of state and haredi schools, makes a point of going to a different geographic area each time

 President Isaac Herzog.

Empowering African refugees: Triumph through connected learning

A Tel Aviv development center provides vocational skills and support to young job seekers.

 FILMON TEMESGEN in the computer lab at ARDC’s offices in Tel Aviv.

School day to shorten for autistic students due to teacher shortage

Israel has been suffering from a shortage of teachers, with the special education sector alone needing at least 1,367 more teachers to operate as usual.

 FIRST-GRADERS attend a religious school in Beit Shemesh. We are a nation that has stood proudly together for thousands of years, sustained in exile by the Torah and its values, says the writer.

Teachers' Union tells Israeli preschool teachers to destroy recording devices

The Teachers' Union fears that recording devices infringe on teachers' privacy. 

Preschool classroom

After 9 years, Israeli schools still fail to close socio-economic gaps - state comptroller

In 2014, an equity budget was created specifically to allow for more designated hours to help socio-economically weaker students catch up in school to their peers.

Preparations at Gabrieli School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the opening of the school year tomorrow, on August 31, 2022.

Israeli gov't promises free early education but falls short in execution

In 8 months, the government’s announced plan will only provide reduced costs to approximately 25% of children in the public daycare systems, which currently suffer from severe manpower shortages.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen during a press conference, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Israel Teachers' Union announces nationwide strike for April 30

This decision, according to the union, came after the finance and education ministries did not meet their requirements after a year of "fruitless negotiations."

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.