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Children arrive for the first day of school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, September 1, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
September 8, 2026, 5:48 pm
Israel plummets to worst-ever OECD education scores in math, reading, science
Drop seen in all three skills compared to previous assessment in 2022; country descends to 33rd among developed countries; minister blames war conditions at time of 2025 testing
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks at the inauguration of a school for so-called hilltop youth in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, August 4, 2026. (Arye Minkov/Beit El Municipal Council)
August 5, 2026, 1:15 pm
Israel inaugurates first school for extremist so-called hilltop youth in West Bank
Beit El school, one of 4 set to be established, is part of government attempt to incorporate minors living in far-flung illegal farming outposts into education system
By Jeremy Sharon
Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beersheba. November 4, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
July 20, 2026, 6:32 pm
Five members of top higher education authority quit over new gender segregation law
Council for Higher Education members tell education minister, president that ‘unprecedented’ legislation harms ‘academic freedom, equality, excellence and pluralism’
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch (left of center) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right of center) sit with students at the Dekel Vilnai Middle School in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank, to launch an AI-powered English language program on June 11, 2026. (Haim Zach / GPO)
June 21, 2026, 10:40 am
With massive teacher shortages, Israel plans on teaching English to middle schoolers through AI
PM and education minister announce national program to move English lessons on screens. Since 40% of 19,000 English teachers don’t have training, could AI do much worse?
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: Israeli children, parents and staff clean at "Gan Nitzan" in Givatayim, as schools and kindergartens are due to re-open after being closed for more than a month due to the war with Iran, April 08, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 8, 2026, 1:19 pm
Schools to reopen Tuesday, after students kept home for a day due to missile fire
Parents scrambled Monday as classrooms closed, but workplaces opened after attacks from Iran, Houthis; State Comptroller’s audit had said some 40% of schools lack proper shelter
By Rossella Tercatin and Emanuel Fabian
Children play beside a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a schoolyard in Peduel in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. The Hebrew graffiti on the missile chunk reads: 'The people of Israel live.' (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 27, 2026, 10:56 am
Low test scores, interrupted studies, diverging values: How dire is Israel’s school system?
The poor results of a national science test are raising alarm bells. Experts say the problems run far deeper, are more urgent and are harder to solve
By Ben Sales
View of the Education Ministry Offices in Jerusalem, September 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 9:05 pm
Education Ministry said monitoring posts of employees who criticize government
Ministry’s ‘Incitement Committee’ has compiled reports on 160 employees over their political expression, 52 of whom have been subject to disciplinary action, Haaretz reports
By Charlie Summers
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
Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 13, 2026, 11:06 pm
Government offers summer extension of school programs following wartime disruptions
Optional camp activities to continue for an extra ten days until the end of July for kindergarten through to grade 6, along with 10-day catch-up scheme for middle-school students
By Ariela Karmel
Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks during the Israel Prize ceremony on Israel’s 78th Independence Day in Jerusalem, April 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 6, 2026, 5:35 pm
Education minister demands university chiefs sign pledge to keep politics off campus
Yoav Kisch threatens to push bill by fellow lawmaker giving government control over college budgets if they refuse; school heads reject ‘electioneering stunt’
By ToI Staff
People walk next to a large billboard depicting US President Donald Trump with the slogan 'The Deliverer,' in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2026, 10:34 pm
Trump among recipients of Israel Prize, for ‘special contribution to the Jewish people’
US leader expected to receive award when he next visits; artists, researchers, educators honored at annual event
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Porat. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 19, 2026, 1:19 pm
IDF reservist killed, nine wounded by explosive in southern Lebanon amid truce
Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Porat, 31, dies as engineering vehicle rolls over bomb; military carries out strikes after incident; Lebanon reports repair work on bombed bridges
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: Israeli children, parents and staff clean at "Gan Nitzan" in Givatayim, as schools and kindergartens are due to re-open after being closed for more than a month due to the war with Iran, April 08, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 8, 2026, 11:33 pm
Schools reopen across most of Israel as wartime restrictions ease
Closures remain in place in northern Israel due to threat of Hezbollah rockets, and IDF warns rocket fire could still target center of country or even further south
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Parents pick up their children at the end of the school day at an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the army and Education Ministry approved the partial resumption of studies in areas where the risk of missile fire is relatively low and schools have protected spaces, March 16, 2026.(Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
April 7, 2026, 12:44 pm
Schools set to partially reopen Sunday, subject to IDF guidelines
Lower-risk areas to alternate between in-person and remote learning, with 30 to 50 percent of the students attending classes in person at a time, if there’s shelter nearby
By ToI Staff and Rossella Tercatin
Parents pick up their children at the end of the school day at an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the Home Front Command and the Education Ministry approved the resumption of studies in local authorities where the risk of rocket fire is relatively low and schools have protected spaces, March 16, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90)
April 6, 2026, 6:41 pm
Education minister says wartime school limitations will likely be extended
PM and top cabinet ministers to meet on possibilities for reopening education system; move dependent on assessment by IDF Home Front of Iranian missile fire threat
By Rossella Tercatin
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