Classrooms

Education Ministry announces mandatory financial education classes for ninth, tenth grades

The curriculum was designed to combine economic knowledge, behavioral psychology, and life skill development.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike last week. As long as teachers are denied the stability, recognition, and respect they deserve, we will keep losing the essential individuals who prop up the backbone of society, the writer argues.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Education Ministry mulls mandatory display of PM's photo in classrooms

The Education Ministry considers a new policy requiring portraits of government officials in classrooms, sparking debate amid rising political tensions.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
ISRAELI-AMERICAN Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who is one of three Nobel economics laureates this year, speaks at a news conference on campus in Evanston, Illinois.

Israel’s government signals it no longer values academic merit - opinion

Relative to its size, Israel ranks among the leading countries in Nobel achievements, and its position improved this year, when Joel Mokyr, an Israeli-American, was one of three economics laureates.

|ByTOVA HERZL
Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect

In a country where “routine” has never meant “normal,” teachers are the guardians of resilience, unity, and purpose

|ByANAT VIDOR

OECD report finds Israeli classes over-crowded, teachers underpaid

Israel mentioned at the bottom when the issue is educational programs that join classes with on-hand experience to ensure future employment.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN
FIRST DAY BACK at Tel Aviv’s Gabrieli Carmel School, September 1, 2020

High school dropout rate in decline

According to the data, schools in the Arab sector are more successful at preventing dropouts.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019ByAARON REICH
High school graduates celebrate receiving their diplomas in Kafr Yasif last year.

4 Tips to Help You Ace Your Education Better

The best thing you can do is look at what it takes to make the most of your education, and to work on being as successful as possible.

FEBRUARY 13, 2019ByLEO GIOSUÈ
Knowledge [Illustrative]

Our teachers need a 'quiet riot'

Not only is there a simple solution to improve the quality of teaching in Israel, but it doesn't involve rocket science or cost a single shekel.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByRIVKA ZAHAVY
A bit less shouting in class.