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.

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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


Israeli ninth-grader wins gold at European Girls Mathematical Olympiad

Ninth-grader Noga Friedman of Rehovot's De Shalit Middle School won a gold medal and Ya'ara Shulman, a tenth-grader who studies at Herzliya's Rishonim High School, won a silver medal.

The Israeli delegation for the 2021 European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) stands together after the competition. Left to right: Nicole Grossman, Noga Friedman, Tamar Pe'er and Ya'ara Shulman

Ma’agalim Conference discusses education in today’s changing reality

The conference focused on several perennially important topics which have assumed even greater importance over the past year.

Leading educators discuss issues that concern today's youth at Ma'agalim Conference

Ma’agalim to hold virtual conference on education in a changing world

Topics include determining if the matriculation certificate is necessary for all students; if socioeconomic background is an accurate predictor of future success and more.

Ma'agalim youth engaged in activities.

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