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Israeli high schools

Illustrative: Keshet high school students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 4:08 am
Report: Just 3% of Israeli ninth graders met science requirements in latest tests
Education minister claims results were leaked for ‘political’ reasons, claiming science scores were excluded from exam data published last month due to series of flaws
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli students celebrate after finishing the school year in the southern city of Ashdod, June 20, 2024. (Liron Molodovan/Flash90)
May 4, 2026, 1:19 pm
30 students celebrating end of high school hospitalized with eye injuries from foam spray
Doctor says some will require follow-up treatment due to cornea injuries, warn against use of foam spray without protection
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative photo of Israeli high school students taking an exam, in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2026, 12:33 am
Only 22% of Israeli 9th graders met English requirements in latest tests, sparking alarm
Only 9% of 9th-graders at Arabic-speaking schools met English standards, compared to 27% in Hebrew-speaking system; English taught less overall, with schools facing teacher shortage
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
Illustrative: A US ninth grader places her cellphone in to a phone holder as she enters class at Delta High School, February 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 31, 2025, 12:18 pm
Tel Aviv’s pilot ban on smartphones in high schools meets opposition from students
As city preps for six schools to take away mobiles at start of each day, some students say program is ‘unreasonable,’ don’t intend to comply
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students visit the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp site in Oświęcim, Poland, April 16, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 10:25 am
Israeli high schoolers stranded at Turkey airport for over 12 hours
Plane with 150 12th graders en route to Holocaust education tour of Poland forced to make emergency landing in Antalya, with replacement plane also faulty; they eventually take off
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A US ninth grader places her cellphone in to a phone holder as she enters class at Delta High School, February 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
March 7, 2025, 1:22 am
Tel Aviv schools to ban smartphones starting in September
‘We won’t let technology control us,’ vows longtime Mayor Ron Huldai, saying schools must ‘allow children to have simple moments with each other’
By AFP
A ceremony marking the October 7 massacres at Ort Ben Gurion high school in Afula, on October 27, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
October 27, 2024, 4:27 pm
Afula’s largest high school marks official day of mourning with somber yet hopeful ceremony
With a nod to the Hebrew calendar, schools around Israel hold official events marking one year since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A school built for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, in the northern Israeli town of Rosh Pina, on August 26, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 12:45 pm
Reports of disarray as high schools reopen after abrupt halt to teachers’ strike
Union head Erez says teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the country’ but won’t submit grades; late notice denounced by student, parent and teachers’ groups
By Gavriel Fiske
Secondary School Teachers Association chair Ran Erez attends a Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 2:10 am
Union head: Teachers’ strike ‘suspended’; student, parent bodies denounce late notice
Ran Erez says high school teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the state’ but won’t submit grades or permit off-campus activities; other unions: Don’t go to school Monday
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: High school students, along with bereaved families and IDF soldiers, attend a memorial ceremony remembering fallen soldiers, overlooking ancient Gamla and the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights, on May 13, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 20, 2024, 3:23 pm
Difficult senior year at war not deterring Israeli high school grads from IDF service
Some 110,000 students finish 12th grade on Thursday; Education Ministry went to great lengths as post-October 7 conflict upended routine, but some students say efforts fell short
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of Israeli high school students taking an exam, in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 11:02 am
OECD study shows Israeli teens excel at ‘creative thinking’
Israel places 20th in international study conducted in 63 countries, but results illustrate huge gaps between Hebrew and Arabic speakers
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
High school student Itai Levy demonstrates his prototype of a facial recognition device which could be added to IDF soldiers' equipment. (Image capture from a Channel 13 broadcast/used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 14, 2024, 11:59 am
High school engineering students create devices for war effort
Results of hackathon include facial recognition device to avoid killing hostages by mistake and seed-planting robot to work the fields around Gaza
By Gavriel Fiske
Composite image showing One2One participants on an undated video call, over a map connecting the US and Israel. (courtesy)
February 2, 2024, 5:48 pm
‘Digital pen pals’ program connects North American and Israeli teens during wartime
Now in its fourth year, the One2One initiative facilitates English conversations and cultural exchange between thousands of Jewish high schoolers on opposite sides of the world
By Gavriel Fiske
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