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Illustrative: Kids playing games on phones. (Kerkez/iStock by Getty Images)
December 11, 2025, 2:19 pm
Cellphones to be banned from elementary schools nationwide starting February
Education Minister Yoav Kisch says move is designed to foster ‘a healthy and safe educational climate’
By ToI Staff
First graders sit in their classroom on the first day of school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2025, 12:51 am
Israel has 2nd-most crowded classrooms, but pupils get above average hours — OECD
Education Ministry says its working with Finance Ministry, Prime Minister’s Office ‘to re-examine staffing model,’ reduce class sizes and teacher burnout
By Ariela Karmel and Sue Surkes
Israeli children who will begin school and kindergarten on September 1 pose for a picture in Moshav Yashresh on August 27, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 31, 2025, 11:51 pm
For the 1st time, religious 1st-graders in Israel outnumber secular ones by thousands
Education Ministry data also shows 5,000 fewer children are enrolled in secular schools in the upcoming year compared to 2023; experts warn of implications for broader society
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: A child suffering from stress. (goodmoments, iStock at Getty Images)
December 21, 2023, 1:14 am
At war: Psychologist details signs children are in distress — and how to help
Chava Friedman, Education Ministry’s director of psychology, tells ToI that kids not directly impacted by war may still be suffering its effects
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Students at the Ramon School in Modi'in, on October 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 23, 2022, 2:44 am
Half of Israeli 7th-11th graders say studies suffered due to COVID
Education Ministry survey of pedagogic, social and emotional impacts of pandemic also finds many in younger grades feel schools got better during coronavirus years
By ToI Staff
A girl cries, comforted by two adults, outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. (Allison Dinner / AFP)
May 25, 2022, 7:30 am
‘She’s gone’: Cries of anguish as relatives mourn children, teachers killed in Texas
‘The sweetest little boy that I’ve ever known,’ says grandfather of 8-year-old Uziyah Garcia; at least 19 kids, 2 educators shot dead at elementary school
By JIM VERTUNO and Heather Hollingsworth
Yehud Comprehensive High School students take their matriculation exams in Yehud on July 8, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/ Flash90)
October 4, 2021, 10:19 pm
High school graduation rates ticked up last year despite COVID
73.4% of students qualified to graduate in the 2019-2020 academic year, compared to 69.7% a year earlier
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: Israeli students wearing face masks return to school in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 2, 2021, 10:13 pm
New education minister planning 5-day school week for grades 7-12
Initiative will be first reform put in place by Yifat Shasha-Biton; Friday studies to continue in elementary schools — for now
By ToI Staff
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks about education, January 9, 2017, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 9, 2021, 5:42 am
US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school
Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms
By Laura Adkins
Israeli students return to school in Yad Mordechai, March 7, 2021. (Flash90)
April 5, 2021, 2:21 am
Schools will not reopen fully after Passover break, despite low infection rate
Only students in 3rd grade and below will resume normal studies; most pupils will remain in capsules or learn remotely part of the time
By ToI Staff
First grade students arrive to their first day of school at Jerusalem's Tali Geulim school on September 1, 2020 (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)
September 4, 2020, 4:26 pm
With capsules, masks and no guarantees, schools give lesson in acting on the fly
It’s a year of more informal education in the Israeli school system, with classes taught by teachers and tour guides at museums, parks and community centers
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli children wear face masks on their way to school in Moshav Yashresh, on May 3, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 23, 2020, 10:06 am
To see the terrible cost of a new election, look to the schools
Israel’s politicians seem willing to drag the country to yet another vote, ignoring economic pain of working class families
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Israeli students have to wear masks and send or give in signed notes at the beginning of each school day to ensure they are healthy during the 2020 coronavirus crisis (Gershon Elinon/Flash90)
June 28, 2020, 11:05 am
When the coronavirus hit, schoolteachers became part of the support system
Teaching in masks, dealing with asymptomatic students and cleaning classrooms, teachers are handling the crisis with composure
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Students and teacher at Hashalom School in Mevaseret Zion, near Jerusalem, May 17, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 18, 2020, 10:06 am
2nd staff member at Rehovot school diagnosed with virus; 35 kids quarantined
Source at municipality reportedly says there was no contact between teacher and infected counselor; school had already shut its doors until May 27
By ToI Staff
Israeli students and teachers wear protective face masks as they return to school, at Hashalom School in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, May 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2020, 12:42 pm
More students return to school as education system set to kick into full gear
Daycare, kindergarten, grades 1-3, 11-12 resume full studies in most of country; grades 4-10 to return over next 2 days; officials urge rethinking face masks, currently obligatory
By ToI Staff
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