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Topic: Education Ministry

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February 14, 2013
12:20 pm

An officer from the Home Front Command talks to students during an emergency drill at an Israeli school, October 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Sirens blare in massive school emergency drill

Educational institutions simulate rocket attacks, with an emphasis on getting students to shelters in time

By Aaron Kalman

February 12, 2013
4:09 pm

A defense drill simulating a missile attack, at a Holon school in 2011. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Massive school defense drill planned for Thursday

Educational institutions within 7 kilometers of Gaza are the only schools excluded from missile attack simulation

By Gabe Fisher

February 11, 2013
6:43 pm

Illustrative photo of children in the classroom. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Giving incitement the stamp of approval

A new study deals a major blow to peace prospects by absolving the Palestinians of teaching hate

By Ben-Dror Yemini

February 4, 2013
6:24 pm

Ultra-Orthodox Children in a Jerusalem classroom, August 2009 (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Israeli and Palestinian textbooks erase the other side, report finds

Flawed maps and references to the enemy rife, State Department-funded study finds, though Israeli state schoolbooks are a little more balanced

By Elhanan Miller

January 2, 2013
12:39 am

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat with some first graders at a Jerusalem school (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel celebrates education gains, but challenges remain

Israel is spending more time and putting more effort into its schools; the results speak for themselves, the Education Ministry says

January 1, 2013
11:57 pm

Members of 'Aruchat Eser' protesting unhealthy school lunches by presenting trays of food to Education Ministry staffers (photo credit: Marik Stern)

‘Stop packing our kids with carbs’

Jerusalem councilwoman Rachel Azaria and a group of parents want healthier meals for schoolchildren

By Jessica Steinberg

December 16, 2012
5:13 pm

More young Israeli teens are delaying sex, compared to their counterparts around the world. (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash90)

For pre-15s, sex can wait

Israel ranks 32nd out of 35 Western countries surveyed in terms of sexual activity under age 15

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 12, 2012
5:03 am

A mother and daughter walk by a sign greeting new first grade students in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Israel ‘cooked the books’ on international school tests, critics claim

About one-quarter of the country’s eligible students were left out of tests, contributing to the dramatic jump in Israel’s performance

By Sam Ser

December 11, 2012
1:37 pm

Students in Hartman secondary school in Jerusalem take matriculation exams in mathematics in 2010 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israeli students rank seventh in math worldwide, first in the West

Figures from international tests show high marks for local pupils across subjects and strata of society

By Gabe Fisher

November 27, 2012
9:46 am

Education Minister Daniel Hershkowitz (center rear) with the winners of the Turing code contest (left to right) Itay Naor, Almog Veled, and Adar Zeitek (photo credit: Courtesy)

Cracking a codebreaker’s birthday code

Three Israeli kids — one of them just 9 — sifted through a half billion 0′s and 1′s, and came up with a birthday present that would have made master cryptanalyst Alan Turing proud

By David Shamah

November 5, 2012
10:14 am

L. to R.: Mooly Eden, President, Intel Israel and Senior VP Intel Corporation; Paul Otellini, President and CEO Intel Corporation; Maxine Fassberg, Vice-President and CEO Intel Israel (Photo credit: Yisrael Hadari)

Money will help keep Israeli students tops in tech

Intel’s president came to Israel to announce a $5 million tech education program, while a Canadian philanthropist is giving top tech students $30,000 Canadian in scholarship money

By David Shamah

October 16, 2012
1:22 pm

Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a press conference at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem, on October 15, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/FLASH90)

Education minister blames rampant cheating on Arab community

Opposing MK says Gideon Sa’ar trying to make political capital on minorities’ backs

By Stuart Winer

October 4, 2012
9:56 pm

The video game "Where's the Money?" (photo credit: screen shot, www.kids.gov.il)

Gaming the budget, and kids’ opinions?

Finance Ministry claims new video game teaches students fiscal political reality; parents call it ‘brainwashing’

By Asher Zeiger

August 28, 2012
11:00 pm

Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in the newly opened elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Civil rights groups charge officials don’t have handle on East Jerusalem school rolls

More than 20,000 pupils are unaccounted for and over 1,000 classroom are still missing despite High Court order, according to new report

By Raphael Ahren

August 27, 2012
4:52 am

An illustrative photo of first-grade pupils and their teacher at Paula Ben Gurion school, Jerusalem, in August. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Over two million kids — a record — begin new school year

First bell rings before September 1 for first time ever; government begins funding education for 3 and 4-year-olds