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Students seen during a break at the Rehovot Campus of Hebrew University, on January 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Israeli students respond to Startup Nation’s push to tech fields
By Shoshanna Solomon
For the first time ever, in the 2017-2018 academic year there were more students in engineering than social sciences, Council for Higher Education says
Pupils gather in front of a school run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA in Gaza City on August 29, 2018, on the first day of classes after the summer holidays. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
October 8, 2018, 2:56 pm
The path to peace begins in the classroom
UNRWA indoctrinates Palestinian kids into the culture of hate that calls a terror attack against Israelis a ‘barbecue party’
By Deborah Singer Soffen and Joan Lurie Goldberg
Students seen during a break at the Rehovot Campus of Hebrew University, on January 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 4, 2018, 3:06 pm
Israeli students respond to Startup Nation’s push to tech fields
For the first time ever, in the 2017-2018 academic year there were more students in engineering than social sciences, Council for Higher Education says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Students walk through the Tel Aviv University campus in Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 4, 2018, 3:02 pm
Tel Aviv University program sets out to create better rounded tech students
To meet the growing and diverse needs of the global high-tech industry, High Tech Plus offers double bachelors degree
By Shoshanna Solomon
Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay looks on at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on November 10, 2017 after UNESCO member states approved her nomination to head of the cultural agency. ( AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG)
September 23, 2018, 11:42 pm
UNESCO chief says schools must fight anti-Semitism, extremism
Audrey Azoulay looks to shift away from politics that ‘weighed’ on cultural body, will make appeal for more tolerance education at upcoming UNGA
By AP and TOI staff
Arab Israeli women seen near the northern city of Nazareth on December 9, 2017 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 16, 2018, 1:02 pm
To help Arabs integrate, Israel should help strengthen Arab identity – study
In report on non-formal education in the Arab community, researchers urge focusing on what it means to be Arab in Jewish society, and remembering that not all Arabs are the same
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 12, 2018, 11:45 am
OECD report shows Israeli education gaps, but also greater investment in schools
Data highlights growth in funds for institutions at all levels, though spending per student remains comparatively low, and classes are crowded
By TOI staff
Rochelle Furstenberg
August 14, 2018, 10:21 am
Rochelle Furstenberg
Educational TV takes its final breath — what a pity
Israel’s oldest broadcast company shaped generations of kids with intelligent, sensitive programming. It was axed for no good reason
Karen Tal
May 31, 2018, 3:29 pm
Karen Tal
WeWork and Tovanot B’Hinuch: connecting our schools and communities
In Israel, there is a strong and cruel connection between background and opportunities, but schools can play a crucial role in changing this
Erica Brown
May 30, 2018, 3:35 pm
Erica Brown
Why I’m done with grades
You want to teach life-long learners? Grow students’ souls? Stop crippling them with report card stress
Gur Alroey
May 18, 2018, 6:53 pm
Gur Alroey
How US Jews pulled out of crime
Says Einstein: When you study for college entrance exams for a thousand years, you’re bound to succeed
Rebecca Weisman
April 27, 2018, 2:06 pm
Rebecca Weisman
Our children have eyes on us
Model the commitment you want the kids to actualize to go the distance with the causes they choose
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
March 22, 2018, 12:08 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
People of the ear
Never mind the haggadah text in front of you; really, the Passover seder is about hearing what we need to know
Illustrative. Israeli officers listen to a commander during an exercise in northern Israel on September 12, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
March 19, 2018, 12:31 pm
In apparent bid to depoliticize, IDF to slash contracts with outside educators
Only 15 organizations, out of original 97, will be cleared to teach soldiers, and only about the Holocaust, military heritage, and healthy living
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center on July 27, 2015. The call center is located in a mosque, in the Arab town of Hura. The women have been employed through the Rayan employment center in Rahat. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 4, 2018, 4:35 pm
Arab Israeli women make inroads in education, job market, study says
Taub Center report shows that share of Arab Israeli women pursuing higher education is growing, but many challenges remain
By Shoshanna Solomon
Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)
February 27, 2018, 4:31 am
PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag
In ‘American Creed,’ San Francisco filmmaker Sam Ball examines different ways people keep the country’s founding ideals alive in a time of extreme political polarization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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