Boarding schools

Should a school uniform be compulsory? - opinion

There has been extensive research into the pros and cons of school uniforms. The most persuasive argument against, as far as I’m concerned, is that children should be free to express themselves.

|ByANDREA SAMUELS
TWO YOUNG Spanish girls walk hand in hand to school.
MIKVE ISRAEL decked out with balloons at a 2018 fundraiser for a school trip to Ethiopia

Mikve Israel - Israel's first village looks to the future

As Mikve Israel, Israel’s first village, celebrates 150 years, we take a journey into nature to find out how the school and agricultural center is preparing for its future.

|ByNATALIE BLENFORD
More than 70 11th grade students from 17 countries at the Eastern Mediterranean International Boarding School reached a peace agreement in a 24-hour simulation of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks held the week of February 21-22 2018 at the Charney Resolution Center. (Illustrative))

Landmark Jewish boarding school will reopen, include non-Jewish students

For the 2020-21 school year, the school plans to resume classes for ninth, 10th and 11th grades. No decision has been made on 12th grade.

|ByMARCY OSTER
‘Shut up and enjoy the oasis,’ I would snap. And so would start our happy vacation

Out There: The dawn of independence

‘Shut up and enjoy the oasis,’ I would snap. And so would start our happy vacation.

|ByHERB KEINON

Lost children: Scrutinizing Israeli ‘boarding schools’

Large-scale institutions for children remain popular in Israel, despite long ago falling out of favor in the developed world

AUGUST 2, 2018ByATARA SHIELDS/THE MEDIA LINE
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