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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

education in Israel

Hagar Amor, right, nurses her baby while her husband, Tal, sits with their daughter Gaia in a public shelter in Shavei Zion on June 17, 2025 (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
Reporter's notebook
Retraumatized by Iran war and back in shelters, northern families struggle through the days
By Diana Bletter
After returning to mostly normal since the war with Hezbollah ended in November, northern residents and their kids have again faced lack of routine and existential uncertainty
Hagar Amor, right, nurses her baby while her husband, Tal, sits with their daughter Gaia in a public shelter in Shavei Zion on June 17, 2025 (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
June 24, 2025, 7:37 am
Retraumatized by Iran war and back in shelters, northern families struggle through the days
After returning to mostly normal since the war with Hezbollah ended in November, northern residents and their kids have again faced lack of routine and existential uncertainty
By Diana Bletter
Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee in Jerusalem, May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 12:48 am
Education minister unveils ramped-up Jewish, Zionist studies, mandatory Bible class
Required programming to include tours of Jerusalem, West Bank sites, as share of the education budget for Jewish studies upped from 1% to 4%
By ToI Staff
Researcher Maor Kaplan. (Jonathan Bloom)
March 24, 2025, 10:50 am
Poll showing religious teens are sexually active sparks rethink of when to have the talk
High numbers of students in religious Zionist schools, where sex education is often an afterthought, are having sex with their peers, including those in gender-segregated settings
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)
December 23, 2024, 9:17 pm
Government backs bill restricting teachers educated in Palestinian universities
Coalition lawmakers argue measure is necessary to prevent spread of Palestinian ‘antisemitism’ and ‘incitement’ in Israeli schools
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative photo of Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 11, 2024, 2:54 pm
Israeli skills in literacy, math and problem-solving ‘below OECD average’ – report
Results of the OECD 2023 Survey of Adult Skills show Israelis who scored highest in everyday math abilities reported better wages, health and life satisfaction
By Gavriel Fiske
Prof. Michael Feuer speaking at the 2024 International Education Conference in Tel Aviv, on November 25, 2024. (Sharon Eliasi/ courtesy)
November 26, 2024, 10:17 am
US dean of education defends campus diversity training, seeks more inclusivity for Jews
Michael J. Feuer of George Washington University, visiting Israel for an educational conference, weighs in on the wartime campus protest movements and Trump’s plans for the US
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli soldiers on guard while students arrive to their first day of school at Lev Ha'Emek School in Neot Mordechai, northern Israel, on Septmber 1, 2024.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 5:09 pm
Israelis feel fractured school system cannot promote a shared identity – poll
IDI survey finds 45% of Jews, 16% of Arabs want schools to focus on ‘national unity’; many Israelis want hostages discussed in schools, but less so on religious and political right
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli children seen on the first day of school at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 6:48 pm
Israel among highest in education expenditure as measured against GDP — study
Israel has the highest percentage of youth population among developed countries, and despite expenditure, school classes remain larger and students study fewer days
By Gavriel Fiske
Opening the new school year at the Horesh school in Zichron Yaakov, on September 1, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
September 1, 2024, 5:33 pm
As northern evacuees begin school in Zichron Yaakov, some find a silver lining
At the Horesh combined primary and middle school in the northern town, displaced kids absorbed into the general student body are starting their second school year away from home
By Gavriel Fiske
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
August 17, 2024, 12:02 pm
‘School will not start,’ warns head of Teachers Union amid impasse in wage talks
Finance Ministry blames teachers for refusing to reach agreement during ‘complicated time’; union says ministry held negotiations ‘for sake of appearance’ ahead of new school year
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Shapira committee head Amos Shapira, and Tammy Omanski, head of the Education Ministry's special education department, at a press conference in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2024. (Sivan Shachar/courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 5:21 pm
Special ed committee recommends 19 kids per class, 5 days a week for all schools
Experts advise revamping entire educational system to better integrate special needs children, a ‘win-win’ solution for all students
By Gavriel Fiske
Students arrive at a school in central Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 8:06 am
Dilemmas abound as school system works to help students process Oct. 7 and horrors of war
The Israel-Hamas conflict has taken up nearly the entire school year, which finishes at the end of next month, but some educators see an opportunity to ‘reset’ the education system
By Gavriel Fiske
The entrance to the Gymnasia Rehavia high school in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 9:35 am
Study finds narrowing gap in state spending on Jewish and Arab high school students
Researchers also note differences in expenditures among Jewish students, with those in the state religious track receiving more per capita than peers in secular state institutions
By Gavriel Fiske
Yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on July 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 18, 2024, 1:22 am
Wartime budget slashes education funds, but not for the ultra-Orthodox, complain MKs
Amended 2024 budget leaves intact NIS 2 billion of special funds promised by government during coalition talks, though Haredi lawmakers claim they are actually losing the most
By Sam Sokol
Reserve IDF soldiers training at a school in the Golan Heights, on October 19, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 25, 2023, 1:42 am
In-person schooling resumes across much of Israel on Wednesday
Tel Aviv to keep schools closed until end of week despite option to resume normal activities, while educational institutions along northern border subject to restrictions
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
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