Israel education

Students to receive personalized AI English lessons in upcoming year, Education Ministry says

The ministry initially announced the plan in June as part of "Project 720" to rebuild the Israeli education system with widespread use of AI and personalized lesson plans.

 Artificial intelligence (illustrative)
Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning

 Ben Gurion Airport

If we want strong Jewish identities, we must bring young Jews to Israel - opinion

Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities


Israel cuts 85% of budget for LGBTQ+ tolerance program in schools

Israel saw a record number of 3,309 instances of violence and hate speech directed at members of the LGBTQ+ community in 2022, according to The Aguda’s 2023 report.

 Dozens of protesters gather in front of the Tel Aviv District police station to protest against violent attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in recent weeks.

Academia has become a new battlefield in the Israel-Hamas war - opinion

Jewish students need to feel – especially in current circumstances – that they are not alone.

 PRO-ISRAEL counterprotesters show up at a demonstration by Harvard law students on the National Day of Action, organized by Law Students for a Free Palestine, at Harvard University, in November. As Qatar buys clout in student unions, Israel appears to be surrendering the battle

Displaced Gaza border children receive unique report cards amid war

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 "There's a newfound resolve to defend the nation of Israel and Judaism, and to stand against Hamas and anti-Semitism,” said attendees of an event in Poland

Haredi girls lead the achievements of girls in Israel in mathematics, reading

The results are from the PISA test conducted last year, postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Ultra Orthodox girls go to their haredi school "Mishkenot Da'at" which is located on the premises of the secular "Language and Cultures" school, in Beit Shemesh, on September 8, 2014.

Without Jewish friends at my school, I feel alone in my fears about what’s happening in Israel

I have no Jewish friends at school; I have nobody with whom I feel comfortable talking about Israel.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest, in Dublin.

Herzog travels to Lower Galilee, symbolically opens Israel's school year

Herzog, who attends school year openings of state and haredi schools, makes a point of going to a different geographic area each time

 President Isaac Herzog.

Empowering African refugees: Triumph through connected learning

A Tel Aviv development center provides vocational skills and support to young job seekers.

 FILMON TEMESGEN in the computer lab at ARDC’s offices in Tel Aviv.

School day to shorten for autistic students due to teacher shortage

Israel has been suffering from a shortage of teachers, with the special education sector alone needing at least 1,367 more teachers to operate as usual.

 FIRST-GRADERS attend a religious school in Beit Shemesh. We are a nation that has stood proudly together for thousands of years, sustained in exile by the Torah and its values, says the writer.

Teachers' Union tells Israeli preschool teachers to destroy recording devices

The Teachers' Union fears that recording devices infringe on teachers' privacy. 

Preschool classroom

After 9 years, Israeli schools still fail to close socio-economic gaps - state comptroller

In 2014, an equity budget was created specifically to allow for more designated hours to help socio-economically weaker students catch up in school to their peers.

Preparations at Gabrieli School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the opening of the school year tomorrow, on August 31, 2022.