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Yongsters learning online at their home in Moshav Yashresh, central Israel, March 18, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 25, 2020, 2:58 am
Remote schooling resumes Wednesday after halt over teacher salary dispute
Instructors to sign agreement guaranteeing full pay for online teaching through the end of Passover; weeklong deadlock had stopped lessons, sparking parent outcry
By TOI staff
Israeli preschool students engage in remote learning, March 16, 2020 (Israel Education Ministry Facebook page)
March 24, 2020, 10:13 am
Israeli teachers, Finance Ministry negotiating to reinstitute remote learning
When online teaching officially ended on March 18, many parents protested the loss of an ‘anchor’ for children in a period of anxiety and uncertainty
By Simona Weinglass
Students arrive to Hadar Elementary School in Kfar Yona, on March 12, 2020. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 18, 2020, 11:50 pm
Online learning for elementary and middle school students to end Thursday
Summer vacation, fall holidays to be shortened; teachers reach agreement with treasury, will get paid leave until after Passover
By TOI staff
An illustrative photo of a student outside Hadar Elementary School in Kfar Yona, on March 12, 2020. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 12, 2020, 4:32 pm
Israel’s schools to be shuttered until after Passover due to virus – reports
National Security Council, education and health ministries hold consultations; Teachers’ Union urges PM to shut all education institutions; Hebrew U to switch to remote learning
By Stuart Winer
Israeli teachers protest as they demand better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on August 29, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 30, 2019, 4:58 pm
Deal to avert teachers’ strike paves way for start of school year
Netanyahu welcomes development, says contribution of education staff to Israeli society should be cherished
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A student takes a test in a school in Jerusalem (Flash90)
January 28, 2018, 7:10 pm
Jerusalem schools to strike for 2 hours after parent hits teacher
Mother attacked school employee she believed was mistreating her son; teachers’ union threatens further strikes over violence against educators
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 11:09 pm
Court halts school strike set for Wednesday
Judge says decision by teachers’ union to protest how sick days are docked was ‘too hasty, to put it mildly’
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom, August 31, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 12:47 pm
Teachers Union calls strike over sick day dispute
Shortly after the end of strike over salaries, teaching staff complaim they are docked 1.4 days for every 1 day taken off from work due to ill health
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (Gloda/iStock by Getty images)
December 12, 2017, 1:48 am
Treasury, union reach deal to end high school teachers strike
Weeks of school closures and exam boycotts end with new wage agreement that will be in place until 2022
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (Gloda/iStock by Getty images)
December 10, 2017, 8:11 pm
Teachers to strike in north, center of country
In continuing action by union, 8,600 teachers at 82 high schools won’t go to work, affecting 59,000 students
By TOI staff
Ran Erez, then chairman of the Secondary-School Teachers' Association, attends at a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 4, 2017, 10:50 pm
Teachers’ union declares no more exams until dispute resolved
Action may affect end of year tests, as teachers up the ante in demands for higher wages; strike scheduled for northern Israel Tuesday
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (recep-bg/iStock by Getty images)
December 1, 2017, 4:56 pm
High school teachers cancel planned strike against student violence
Union calls off work stoppage after Education Ministry promises Knesset will advance bill to protect teachers
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 30, 2017, 6:13 pm
Teachers call high school strike over attacks by students
Education Ministry urged to push legislation to make teachers civil servants, increasing severity of crimes against them
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (Gloda/iStock by Getty images)
November 23, 2017, 7:24 pm
Bnei Akiva high school teachers to strike Friday
Yeshivot and Ulpanot throughout Israel to be shuttered as part of ongoing demands for wage increase
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (recep-bg/iStock by Getty images)
November 22, 2017, 6:52 pm
High school teachers to strike Thursday in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba
Union to continue industrial action as Finance Ministry refuses to meet its demands for immediate wage increase
By TOI staff
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