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May 6, 2023, 12:47 pm
Start-Up Education Powers the Start-Up Nation
Investment in STEM education for children is the most important thing Israel can do to build a secure, prosperous, and more equitable future.
By Boaz Ozery
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on CNBC, January 23, 2018. (CNBC screenshot)
January 24, 2018, 8:53 pm
Tech CEO: Social media should be regulated like cigarettes
Marc Benioff says ‘technology has addictive qualities that we have to address, we need to rein that back as much as possible’
By ToI Staff
(From left to right): Former IDF chief of staff and chairman of the Rashi Fund, Gabi Ashkenazi; Beersheba Mayor Ruby Danilovich; Lockheed-Martin CEO Marilyn Hewson; and Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the opening of the Beersheba tech kindergarten, October 14, 2015. (Sasson Tiram)
October 30, 2015, 12:46 pm
Israel opens first-ever high-tech kindergarten
Robotics, physics, astronomy, and math are just some of the skills 5-year-olds will pick up at new Beersheba facility
By David Shamah
Illustrative: A student takes a test in a school in Jerusalem (Flash90)
May 13, 2015, 10:29 pm
Israel places 39th in global education ranking
OECD report links school achievement and economic growth; despite oil wealth, Arab world trails far behind
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A student takes a test in a school in Jerusalem (Flash90)
From the WebFebruary 13, 2015, 3:51 pm
Seeds of ‘start-up nation’ cultivated by Israel Sci-Tech Schools
Connecticut Jewish Ledger: Ten percent of Israeli students are enrolled in programs run by an advance tech education network
A pint-sized hacker works on a drone at last year's Geekcon Kids (Photo credit: Courtesy)
December 17, 2014, 5:12 pm
A safe place for pint-size geeks
Youngsters with a penchant for programming and robotics need not fear being pushed around at GeekCon’s junior edition
By David Shamah
A screenshot from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's 2013 Global Day of Jewish Learning lecture. (courtesy)
November 13, 2014, 8:14 am
Old-school educators go hi-tech to promote Torah accessibility
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s annual Global Day of Jewish Learning on Sunday aims to harness the Internet to amplify the latest in Jewish education efforts
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Intel Vice-President Mooly Eden (L) and Education Minister Shai Piron at the Intel Israel STEM Conference (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 27, 2014, 2:14 pm
Tech education crisis pushes Intel, Israel to partner
If the state doesn’t encourage more kids to study tech, the ‘Start-Up Nation’ will soon be history, say executives
By David Shamah
Yedidya Julian Sinclair
May 1, 2014, 6:49 pm
Yedidya Julian Sinclair
Spreading start-up success
Math is the key to getting ahead in the tech world, and if Israel wants to keep its edge, it needs more kids to study it
Mercava's 'Daf Yomi' app displayed on an iPad Mini. (photo credit: Courtesy of Mercava)
January 25, 2014, 10:13 pm
Mercava platform claims it’s the future of Jewish education
Daf Yomi program providing free Talmud access is being piloted in 100 schools; is it revolutionary, or over-hyped?
By Julie Wiener
From the WebJanuary 19, 2014, 10:36 am
Keepod Unite wants to bring PCs to Nairobi’s poorest residents
TechCrunch: An Indigogo campaign for an Israeli start-up seeks to raise money to provide some cyber-smarts to Africa’s most needy
Members of the Tech Challenge group (Photo credit: Courtesy)
December 26, 2013, 3:04 pm
Diaspora youth arrive for top-drawer Tech Challenge
A new program in Israel will provide a ‘Start-Up Nation’ immersion program for Jewish students and young professionals from the Diaspora
By David Shamah
Dr. Shlomo Markel (Photo credit: Courtesy)
July 4, 2013, 12:02 pm
A decline from ‘start-up nation’ to ‘app nation’?
Israel’s entrepreneurs are searching for the quick exit, instead of building solid technology – and that doesn’t augur well for the future of Israeli tech, warns Broadcom’s Dr. Shlomo Markel
By David Shamah
Professor Manuel Trachtenberg sits beside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting, February 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
February 6, 2013, 9:54 am
Getting to the ‘core’ of Israel’s tech leadership
A bid to prepare Israel for future leadership roles in science and technology seems to be paying off, government officials believe
By David Shamah
A teacher using a touchscreen 'smart board' in a Jerusalem classroom. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 31, 2012, 9:58 am
Study shows Israeli kids well-connected, schools less so
Israel lags behind OECD countries in Internet use in the classroom, to the detriment of students, a study shows
By David Shamah
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