Teaching in israel

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

If we fail to invest now in securing the future of our children’s education, and instead privatize the system while neglecting Israeli educators, we are forfeiting the future of society itself.

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

Bags of cocaine that were seized by Israel Police.

Police seize half a kilo of cocaine from a kindergarten teacher arrested for drug trafficking


Parents and students send 59,000 complaints to Education Ministry

In the past five years there has been a 22% increase of calls to the ministry as well.

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

Life, Life, Life: Educating for excellence

Shula Recanati was raised by her Holocaust-survivor parents in Tel Aviv. She grew up imbued with the values of humanism and caring for those in need.

E4E RUNS 46 centers throughout Israel, serving more than 4,500 pupils who have the potential to shine, given half a chance.

Jerusalem looks to hi-tech to protect social workers, teachers

The pilot project will connect all the city’s principals and a further 100 social workers to Carbyne’s hi-tech emergency platform, providing them with assistance in case of violence or danger.

A depiction of Carbyne's emergency response center

Political scientist Yaron Ezrahi dies at 78

Ezrahi was known for his work on relations between modern science, the rise of the modern liberal democratic state and the uses of political science and authority.

YARON EZRAHI

Part I: Beyond the behavioral mask of an ADHD Child

There is a need for parents and teachers to understand the biochemistry of ADHD that underpins ADHD behavior.

ADHD CHILDREN are in fact intelligent, creative and gifted, but often poorly understood.

Global report: Israeli teachers among least respected worldwide

Of the countries surveyed, only Brazilian teachers were revealed to have a lower status in the eyes of the public than Israeli teachers.

Classroom in Israel. [File]

A qualified success story

If it’s so good, why is it so bad?

Students eating lunch at school (illustrative)

Nationwide teachers' strike cancelled following Court injunction

The education ministry issued a statement in response saying that it sympathizes with the teachers but believes a strike is not the proper way to resolve the issue.

Teachers protest outside of the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv

New amendment seeks five years imprisonment for attacks on teachers

The proposed amendment comes on the heels of negotiations between the Teacher’s Union and the education ministry over curbing increased violence against teachers.

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett gestures during a preliminary vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem November 16, 2016

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