Israel education

Israelis rate education system 4 out of 10 as school year opens, new research warns

The current system was described as highly centralized and bureaucratic, arguing that schools and principals lack sufficient authority to respond to the needs of their students and communities.

Young students arrive to the classroom at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra orthodox jewish boys, in Beit Shemesh, August 28, 2022.
The launch of the new People of Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026.

Ofer Winter, unification of Arab parties, shake up Knesset seats, push RZP below threshold - poll

Ari Steinberg, CEO of Ashmoret

Ari Steinberg: Investing in Israel’s educators is investing in Israel’s future

Israeli children going into1st grade, meeting with the new teacher ahead of the first day of the new academic year, at the Pola school in Jerusalem.

Alarming study reveals Israeli teachers lag behind global peers substantially in all metrics


92.6% of Israeli kindergarten teachers vaccinated, recovered from COVID

"Many kindergarten teachers are reporting hostility directed toward them."

Teacher shows children how to wash their hands at her kindergarten in Jerusalem. May 10, 2020

iCenter launches first cohort in Experiential Israel Education program

The program was under development for several years, but the coronavirus pandemic pushed the launch forward, the program now being entirely virtual.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Coronavirus: Israel launches campaign to vaccinate educational staff

It is expected that teachers will begin getting inoculated as early as Wednesday.

 A teacher instructs students in proper mask wear, as first through fourth graders return to school, November 1, 2020.

Israel's schools to commemorate Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Activities will include a competition between schools awarding prizes for musical adaptations and music clips of Jabotinsky's songs, virtual tours and a virtual quiz.

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Israel improves slightly in international math and science ranking

Israeli students ranked 9th in math and 16th in science among the 39 participating countries.

Back to school amid a pandemic

Schools and rules in the corona era

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

Reciting Selichot at the Moussaieff Synagogue in the Bukharan Quarter

Israel unable to educate children during COVID-19 – comptroller

The Education Ministry failed to map how much computers, laptops and Internet service packages are needed, the report warns – nor does it know when it will be able to.

Ultra-Orthodox children wearing face masks at their school in the city of Rehovot, May 24, 2020

Why Israel: 4 good reasons to study in Israel

Despite only recently celebrating its 70th birthday as a state, Israel has quickly risen to be one of the most desirable destinations for students looking to study abroad.


Bracing for long distance learning in Israeli higher learning institutes

EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS: Institutions of higher learning and students are bracing for another semester of socially distanced intercourse.

Scenes like this at Tel Aviv Univerity last year will be replaced by Zoom screens

Day care initiative for health care workers during lockdown begins again

Under the operation "Lev Poem," at least 30 day camps, staffed by 500 volunteers, have been set up at hospitals throughout the country.

Lev Poem daycare initiative for children of healthcare staff working during the coronavirus pandemic