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Illustrative: A student writing. (Getty images)
March 5, 2018, 3:28 pm
Why Israelis can’t write
If we're the people of the book, why aren't resources being allocated toward improving writing?
By Judith Colp Rubin
Illustrative image of a boy, sitting in a book store, reading (tatyana_tomsickova/ IStock by Getty Images)
December 5, 2017, 5:31 pm
Reading skills falling in Israel, US, Canada, France — study
10 countries see lower levels of reading comprehension among 9-10-year-olds; girls outperform boys in 48 countries
By AFP
Students learning in an Israeli Hand in Hand school, where the curriculum is both in Hebrew and Arabic. (Courtesy: Debbie Hill)
August 31, 2017, 2:57 pm
Some education gaps between Jews and Arabs nearly closed, report says
By taking socioeconomic background of students into account, scholar says, differences 'much smaller' than previously portrayed
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative photo of high school students. (Maya Levin/Flash90)
August 25, 2017, 5:10 pm
Parents committee calls for boycott of extra school payments
Forum of Regional Parents Committees calls for withholding fees for extracurricular activities in protest of prices not being lowered
By TOI staff
Naftali Bennett speaking at a business conference in Jerusalem, June 19 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2017, 1:56 pm
Education minister backpedals on academic ethics code
Bennett says new academic ethics code banning politics from lectures is only a basis for dialogue toward consensus
By Shoshanna Solomon
View of the Tel Aviv skyline in a dense sandstorm, September 08, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2017, 4:28 pm
Derelict economy could sink ‘Titanic’ Israel, experts warn
New research paints worrying picture of decades of neglected national priorities leaving the country without the resources to face existential threats
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative view of Tel Aviv at night, August 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 1, 2017, 11:21 am
Israel’s high tech sector will enter warp speed once it bridges the generation gap
Innovative companies need not fear employees who are older simply because they are less malleable or likely to be more experienced than their 'bosses'
By Asaf Shimoni
Ultra-Orthodox school girls (illustrative photo; credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
February 27, 2017, 5:27 pm
Ministers move to end anti-Sephardi discrimination in ultra-Orthodox schools
New regulations aim to stop Ashkenazi institutions from rejecting girls on ethnic grounds
By Marissa Newman
Cleaners at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon attend ERETZ Hebrew class, January 2017. (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI)
February 10, 2017, 4:17 am
No Hebrew, no problem: Nonprofit teaches illiterate workers while on the job
Led by idealistic professor, college student volunteers instruct hospital and university cleaners in basic Hebrew, English and math
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Arava Institute students on an alternative energy tour. (Courtesy)
January 23, 2017, 5:52 am
In the barren south, Israelis and Arabs work to green the Middle East
At Arava Valley environmental program, seeds of cooperation take root among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians
By Luke Tress
Then-Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (left) with then-finance Minister Yair Lapid in the Knesset, March 11, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 11, 2017, 4:50 pm
Bill banning Breaking the Silence from schools clears initial hurdle
Education minister says groups that 'attack soldiers' must not influence students; moves passes preliminary reading with support of opposition party Yesh Atid
By Raoul Wootliff
Likud MKs Amir Ohana (L) and Oren Hazan attend a Knesset Committee meeting discussing the allegations against Joint (Arab) List member Basel Ghattas in Jerusalem on December 20, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2016, 5:41 pm
Stormy debate erupts over bill to ban Breaking the Silence from schools
Proponents of legislation accuse group of spreading 'poison' and 'lies'; opposition MK labels proposal's backers 'cowards and hypocrites'
By TOI staff
Education Naftali Bennett speaks at the Sderot Conference for Society at Sapir College in Southern Israel, November 30, 2016. (Flash90)
December 27, 2016, 1:16 pm
Bennett seeks to legally bar Breaking the Silence from schools
Education minister says groups that 'attack soldiers' must not influence students; moves comes after principals ignored his guidelines
By Raoul Wootliff
Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie (Credit Nitzan Zohar: Office of the Spokesperson, Technion)
December 16, 2016, 11:46 am
At Israel’s MIT, education, not affirmative action, triples Arab enrollment
Technion offers hopefuls a 10-month 'boot camp' in math, physics, English and Hebrew, funded by Jewish philanthropy
By Dov Lieber
Israeli students arrive to their first day of school at "Shabach Mofat" school in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2016. (Flash90)
December 6, 2016, 6:20 pm
Study: Israel has greatest educational gaps in OECD
International survey finds wide disparity between Jews and Arabs, high- and low-income students
By TOI staff
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