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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

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Students at Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus on the first day of the school year, October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:53 am
NIS 50m per year to be invested in boosting English proficiency among undergraduates
Council for Higher Education’s 5-year plan aims to internationalize Israeli academia by upping the number of courses taught in English, sending students for apprenticeships abroad
By ToI Staff
Students march in Tel Aviv against the government's planned judicial overhaul, January 29, 2023. (Twitter: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 29, 2023, 11:13 pm
‘Fighting for our future’: Tel Aviv high schoolers rally against judicial overhaul
‘Students are asking to take a moral, not a political, stand,’ says Ironi Dalet High School principal Uri Lass
By Tobias Siegal
Students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, January 16, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
January 16, 2023, 3:17 pm
‘This is an emergency’: Thousands of students rally against judicial makeover plan
Coordinated ‘strike’ held in over a dozen universities and colleges, with organizers vowing to fight ‘liquidation of the justice system’; counter-rallies back ‘fixing’ of judiciary
By Michael Bachner
A student in Hartman secondary school in Jerusalem takes a matriculation exam in mathematics in 2010 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 8, 2022, 11:01 am
Major education reform will slash number of high school matriculation exams
Students will be required to pass 4-5 exams instead of 12-14; reform expected to come into effect next year
By Tobias Siegal
An electric car for elderly people, a project developed by students and faculty of Ariel University (Courtesy)
November 26, 2020, 11:39 am
Israeli students’ electric car for elderly to compete in Dubai-based show
Two-meter car was designed at Ariel University; it can park perpendicular to sidewalk, door opens in front and seats slide forward to ease exit
By Jake Epstein
Students seen on the Safra Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the first day of the new Academic school year, on October 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 18, 2020, 9:20 am
Amid pandemic, most college students out of work, 24% may drop out — survey
Poll shows 51% of students unemployed since start of coronavirus crisis; student union head warns of ‘severe social epidemic’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Arab Israeli students at the campus of Givat Ram at Hebrew University, on the first day of the new academic year, October 26, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 15, 2020, 1:00 pm
Pandemic fallout for higher education especially tough for Arab students – study
Survey shows 22% of Arabs mulling leaving school vs 10% of Jews; authors note danger of widespread dropouts as schooling is ‘most significant tool for social and economic mobility’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A large number of students sitting at a high school assembly. (Lincoln Beddoe/ Istock Images)
September 8, 2020, 4:37 pm
Israeli classrooms have 5 more kids than OECD average; teachers earn 5% less
Still, annual report finds Israel ahead of the curve on women’s education and on share of the population getting higher education
By ToI Staff
Leket Israel collected 2.2 million cooked meals from institutions in 2018 to donate to soup kitchens and charities across Israel, like this archive photo of volunteers collecting uneaten food from a hotel. (Courtesy, Leket Israel)
March 24, 2020, 6:47 pm
NGO that gives meals to schoolkids in need will deliver to homes amid pandemic
NEVET and Leket Israel join forces to provide pre-packaged hot meals, ensure deprived children and their families continue to benefit from nutritional food
By Sue Surkes
Fourth-grade student Shira Sofer pictured with the ninth-century gold coin she found and archaeologist Achia Cohen-Tavor, May 30, 2019. (Nicole Gutman, Karev Program for Educational Involvement)
June 2, 2019, 2:46 pm
Fourth-grader unearths 9th century gold coin during educational dig
‘I saw something sparkling, so I just picked it up,’ says 10-year-old Shira Sofer, one of hundreds of children taking part in regional archaeology program in central Israel
By ToI Staff
Students work on a specially crafted treatment mannequin at the $5 million medical simulation center that the European Union paid for at Nicolae Testemitanu Medical University. (Andrei Ichim/ Nicolae Testemitanu Medical University)
December 17, 2018, 4:51 am
Nearly 1,600 Arab and Jewish Israeli med students flock to Moldova for school
Israeli citizens make up a quarter of the student body at Nicolae Testemitanu Medical University in Chisinau — by far the largest group of foreign pupils
By Hal Foster
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
An Israeli high school student videoconferences with a North American baby boomer for a weekly English lesson. (Courtesy of Israel Connect/via JTA)
April 6, 2018, 2:57 pm
North American baby boomers teach Israeli kids English — via video chat
For students in many underprivileged periphery schools, Israel Connect is a gateway to cultural exposure, academic excellence and professional success
By Ben Sales
A first grader raises his hand in a classroom in Nitzan, southern Israel. (Edi Israel/Flash90/File)
February 2, 2017, 12:01 pm
Why Yoni and Yael can’t do math
Israeli math scores are among the lowest in the developed world. The culprit, says one economist, is a society-wide lack of discipline and disdain for rules
By Simona Weinglass
First grade students seen on their first day of school at a school in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 1, 2016, 11:06 am
More than 2 million Israeli kids head back to school
2016-17 academic year begins ‘as planned,’ despite strike in Tira, protests against institution for migrant children in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
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