Teaching in israel

Can dogs help ease teacher burnout in Israel’s schools during wartime? - study

Psychological buffer against wartime exhaustion for teachers revealed in new research.

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

Teacher shortage: The statistic shaking Israel’s education system - opinion

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some Municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023.

Israeli teachers delay school opening following extreme violence, harassments by students

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit first-graders on the first day of the school year in Kiryat Shmona, on September 1. A new contract for excellent teaching must combine fairness and wisdom, says the writer.

A new contract for excellent teaching - opinion


End to teachers' strike, educators to receive 20% salary increase

“Today we place our teachers at the top of our national priorities,” Education Minister Naftali Bennett said.

Teachers protest outsode Education Ministry 370

Teachers strike: Long weekend for some, chaos for others

Strike confuses teachers, students and parents.

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High school teachers to strike today

Sunday warning strike protests against procrastination in negotiations for higher wages for teachers.

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Talk is not cheap: Speaking may be hazardous for teachers

I sympathize with teachers, as many of them, like you, suffer from throat and voice problems in school; it is an occupational disease, but there are things you can do.

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The goal: attracting top-level educators

Taking steps to improve Israel's education system.

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Cyber-bully attacks increase, watchdog reports

Results showed that 62% of teenagers have encountered sexual content online.

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Study: Gap between Arab, Jewish students narrowed

The study also showed that, in the Arab sector, there are more teachers with academic degrees than in Jewish schools, 95% versus 91%, respectively, in early childhood education.

High school graduates celebrate receiving their diplomas in Kafr Yasif last year.

‘Not everyone should be able to become a teacher’

Union head talks to the ‘Post’ ahead of new school year.

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Saving Israel's schools from themselves

’Education Now’ conference to address academic challenges

Israeli education (illustrative)

The People and the Book: Freedom within a closed canon

The Torah portions Mattot and Masei are read on Shabbat, July 22.

Art by Pepe Fainberg