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Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katzrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 8:53 am
Nearly 90% of Israeli parents say their kids’ education was harmed by Iran war – poll
Ahead of new school year, parents say 80% of children were hurt emotionally, 74% socially; however, 63% of Haredi families say kids not harmed by war; country short 30,871 teachers
By ToI Staff
Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky, right, speaks with MKs Moshe Gafni, center, and Yitzhak Pindrus during a Knesset Finance Committee meeting in Jerusalem, August 4, 2026, at which additional funding was approved for Haredi education. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 4, 2026, 5:30 pm
Coalition secures extra $82.6m for ultra-Orthodox education; opposition alleges ‘theft’
Finance Committee later gives Settlements Ministry nearly $100m in funding and commitment authoritizations, after heated debate during Knesset recess
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox children in their classroom at a Heder in Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2026, 2:43 pm
High Court tells state to launch speedy probe into underfunding of secular public schools
Petition says religious state schools receive higher share of funds than secular and Arab-sector schools; Education Ministry acknowledges gap but disputes discrimination
By ToI Staff
Children play beside a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a schoolyard in Peduel in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. The Hebrew graffiti on the missile chunk reads: 'The people of Israel live.' (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 27, 2026, 10:56 am
Low test scores, interrupted studies, diverging values: How dire is Israel’s school system?
The poor results of a national science test are raising alarm bells. Experts say the problems run far deeper, are more urgent and are harder to solve
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Keshet high school students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 4:08 am
Report: Just 3% of Israeli ninth graders met science requirements in latest tests
Education minister claims results were leaked for ‘political’ reasons, claiming science scores were excluded from exam data published last month due to series of flaws
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Israeli high school students taking an exam, in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2026, 12:33 am
Only 22% of Israeli 9th graders met English requirements in latest tests, sparking alarm
Only 9% of 9th-graders at Arabic-speaking schools met English standards, compared to 27% in Hebrew-speaking system; English taught less overall, with schools facing teacher shortage
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli children, parents and staff clean at "Gan Nitzan" in Givatayim, as schools and kindergartens are due to re-open after being closed for more than a month due to the war with Iran, April 08, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 8, 2026, 11:33 pm
Schools reopen across most of Israel as wartime restrictions ease
Closures remain in place in northern Israel due to threat of Hezbollah rockets, and IDF warns rocket fire could still target center of country or even further south
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Parents pick up their children at the end of the school day at an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the army and Education Ministry approved the partial resumption of studies in areas where the risk of missile fire is relatively low and schools have protected spaces, March 16, 2026.(Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
April 7, 2026, 12:44 pm
Schools set to partially reopen Sunday, subject to IDF guidelines
Lower-risk areas to alternate between in-person and remote learning, with 30 to 50 percent of the students attending classes in person at a time, if there’s shelter nearby
By ToI Staff and Rossella Tercatin
Ultra-Orthodox children in their classroom at a Heder in Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 19, 2026, 1:08 am
State budget set to increase spending on Haredi education by NIS 1 billion
Ultra-Orthodox school networks associated with Shas and UTJ parties to receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer shekels despite not properly teaching core curriculum
By Sam Sokol
Children arrive for the first day of school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 6:51 pm
Teachers union chief in talks with Finance Ministry to shorten school week to 5 days
Proposed overhaul to end six-day school week, rare among developed countries, comes amid teacher shortages, low salaries; union head rejects call to shorten summer break
By Ariela Karmel
Strollers outside the building where two babies died and dozens of others were injured in an unlicensed private daycare in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 26, 2026, 1:37 pm
79% of kids under 3 in Jerusalem are in unsupervised daycares, Knesset panel hears
Grim figures shown to joint meeting of several committees, after 2 babies died and dozens were hurt in unlicensed center in the capital; MK: ‘Why are the babies being neglected?’
By Sam Sokol
Children learn about the customs of Rosh Hashanah at a kindergarten in Moshav Yashresh, central Israel, October 1, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 21, 2026, 7:46 pm
Jerusalem daycare deaths put spotlight on longstanding gaps in Haredi early childhood care
Data from 2022 suggests that hundreds of unlicensed nurseries for ages 0-3 operate in Israel amid a countrywide lack of educational and security standards
By Rossella Tercatin
Ultra-Orthodox girls walk to school in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, on August 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 23, 2025, 11:06 pm
Weeks into school year, some Haredi girls still at home due to discrimination
For almost two months, entrenched bias against Israelis of Sephardic origin has left some ultra-Orthodox students without a place to study
By Rossella Tercatin
Beit Yaakov seminary students in their uniforms in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, on October 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2025, 4:53 pm
Ministry sanctions Haredi schools for refusing Sephardi students; 55 still stuck at home
With new sanctions and hearings looming, officials confront entrenched bias in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh that has left entire 9th-grade classes without a place to study
By Rossella Tercatin
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni attends a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, August 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2025, 4:46 pm
Haredi MK complains Sephardic students are ‘crowding’ into Ashkenazi girls’ schools
UTJ party’s Moshe Gafni laments there is ‘no room’ in high schools in Beit Shemesh, demands Shas party open more institutions for Sephardim
By Sam Sokol
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