Teaching in israel

Teachers Union chief urges reforms as Israel faces growing educator shortage

Ahead of the school year, Teachers Union chief Yaffa Ben-David warned of a shortage of nearly 5,000 teachers and called for a strategic plan to address deep-rooted problems in education.

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A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike. (Illustrative)
A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike. (Illustrative)

Why dismantling Israel’s Education Ministry could be the ultimate lifeline for teachers - opinion

On August 2, journalist Lior Dattel reported on a dramatic reform being developed by the Finance Ministry. At the center of the proposal is a fundamental shift in how the education system is managed.

|ByYAFFA BUSKILA
Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning

Israel faces a shortage of 3,000 educators, including 200 kindergarten teachers, raising concerns that unqualified staff may have to teach unfamiliar subjects or oversee two classes at once.

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ASAF & GABRIELLE COHEN on their wedding day in Beit Lechem Haglalit, May 24, 2020.

Gabrielle Soffer: Using her English for the good of others in Israel

Seven years after arriving alone in Israel, Gabrielle Soffer is now inspiring Israeli high school students through English and literature.

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Teens not equipped by schools to face society’s challenges – IDSF

A new IDSF survey has found that 70% of Israel's high school teachers believe that students are unprepared for their entry into the IDF upon graduation.

AUGUST 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Day of meetings yields no progress towards preventing teacher's strike

The latest negotiations between the Teachers' Union and Finance Ministry will be reconvening tomorrow to find a solution rather than the teachers' going on strike.

AUGUST 21, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Israeli teachers protest as they demand better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022.

Liberman presents ‘generous offer’ to Israel’s Teachers Union

Two weeks before schools resume, Israel’s Finance Ministry proposed an agreement to ease concerns over working conditions

AUGUST 17, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at a cabinet meeting on 24/07/2022.

Israeli Finance Ministry to blame for Teachers Union dispute - minister

The ministry "does not care about teachers, parents or students," Israel's Education Minister Yifat Shasha Biton said.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE
Israeli parliament member Yifat Shasha Biton visits the coronadepartment at the Ziv Hospital in Tzfat, Northern Israel. December 03, 2020.

Now is the time to be a teacher in Israel - opinion

Authorities must also invest for our children’s future.

AUGUST 6, 2022ByELI DUDAEI
NEW TEACHERS run a summer school, located at Alonei Yitzhak in the North, as part of the training they receive from Hotam.

OECD report finds Israel has one of the biggest pay gaps between teachers

Israel has one of the world’s biggest gaps in salaries between teachers, according to a report by the OECD on teachers’ salaries in 2021.

AUGUST 1, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
TENS OF thousands of teachers demonstrate in Tel Aviv, May 30.

How can Jewish schools be bad?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The Teachers' Union has become a strategic problem for the Jewish state. Their enemy was merit. It still is. 

JULY 30, 2022ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
YAFFA BEN-DAVID, head of the Teachers’ Union, greets teachers participating in a demonstration in Tel Aviv in May demanding better pay and work conditions.

Teachers Union vs gov't: Finance Min. offers NIS 9,000 starting salary in negotiations

The Teachers Union responded that their demands are far from being met and that the talks are far from over. 

JULY 25, 2022By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Homeroom teachers are being left behind -opinion

At the forefront of everything, for the good of our children, we have to hear from these teachers. Isn’t it time to hear what they have to say?

JULY 23, 2022ByMIHAL (MIKI) LION
TEACHERS DEMAND better pay and working conditions, as they demonstrate in Tel Aviv, in May. A sign reads: ‘Without teachers, there is no future.’ The shirt reads: ‘Fair salary now!’

Israel's post-COVID earthquake has begun with severe shortages - opinion

Israel is currently facing a severe shortage of principals, teachers and social workers

JULY 22, 2022ByODED REVIVI
SOME PEOPLE wear masks, others don’t, at the Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem, earlier this month. In the post-COVID-19 reality, we will be tasked with addressing the scar tissue that developed over the last two years, says the writer.