Education

UK teachers could be barred from wearing pro-Palestine badges amid antisemitism concerns - report

UK schools could introduce restrictions on pro-Palestinian badges worn by teachers as a government review calls for stronger measures to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.

UK Education Secretary Lucy Powell (at the head of the table) and Sir David Bell (to her right) meet with education leaders and members of the Jewish community to discuss the government's response to Bell's review on tackling antisemitism in schools and colleges. October 21, 2026.
Palestinian students attend a class at Nuseirat Preparatory Boys School on September 19, 2026 in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza. UNRWA-run schools in camps across Gaza provide education for children displaced from their homes amid the ongoing war.

UNRWA teacher tells ‘Post’ she was threatened for challenging pro-Hamas rhetoric in Gaza schools

The US Capitol exterior after the US House of Representatives approved legislation to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, September 1, 2026.

US House committee investigation exposes antisemitism, political indoctrination in public schools

The Department for Education sign is seen outside their building in Whitehall on October 15, 2024

Independent review finds extensive antisemitism in English schools


ConnectEd launches online English-speaking community for Jewish educators

Initially developed for Hebrew-speaking educators, the form offers webinars, peer learning, working groups, and collaborative projects for Israel's English-speaking community.

Visitors at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.

Three injured in Poland's third youth stabbing attack in four days

A 21-year-old student allegedly stabbed three people at a Warsaw college, days after two school attacks left one person dead and several injured, raising fears of further violence.

Members of the media work next to a cordoned-off area as police and fire fighters work at the site of a deadly attack at a school by a 15-year-old former pupil, in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Wyszkow County, northeast of Warsaw, Poland, October 8, 2026.

French PM Addresses Student Demands as Protests Shut Hundreds of Schools, Lead to 6,000 Detentions

French PM Sébastien Lecornu pledged to respond by late October but stopped short of meeting student demands, as protesters took to the streets Thursday for nationwide demonstrations dubbed “Act IV.”

Students raise their hands in front of Police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po during a protest over school overcrowding and decay on October 7, 2026 in Paris, France.

Israel spends more of its GDP on education than the OECD average, but less per student

Government spending per student in Israel is about 61% lower than the OECD average. Nearly half of the Israeli population is under age 24, and demographic growth erodes the budget per student.

The opening of the school year in Omer.

Israel’s election must address children without family support - opinion

Israel must strengthen its welfare system and ensure children without family support have the care and guidance they need to thrive.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Philadelphia teacher passing as Palestinian raised alarms for Jewish groups before she rose to fame

Hannah Gann’s anti-Israel activism caused concern for years, but critics said the school district didn’t do enough.

Images from Philadelphia schoolteacher Hannah Gann's social media and public appearances at school board meetings, including reposts referencing paragliders and a Hamas-inspired nail polish design.

Trump says French protests the result of 'nothing less than out-of-control mass migration'

Trump claimed that the protests were not about schools, and instead were "about Islam wanting to take over a once great country!"

French CRS riot police stand in position near garbage bins and object set on fire amid clashes with protesters during a demonstration by high school and university students, supported by teachers' union and school parents.

Kalaniyot faculty network strengthens campus ties to Israeli scholars, fights academic boycotts

MIT's Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, deeply impacted by campus antisemitism and anti-Israel protests, helped create Kalaniyot to combat academic boycotts and strengthen ties with Israeli researchers.

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment is re-occupied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,US, May 6, 2024.

'This will not be overlooked': Herzliya mayor slams Otzma Yehudit handing out noose pins at school

Herzliya Mayor Yariv Fisher condemned the distribution of noose-themed pins to students at Handasaim High School, calling the incident the crossing of an “educational, ethical, and moral red line.”

Pins handed out to Herzliya high school students depicted a noose.

High school students in Paris' deprived suburbs spark national protest movement

Tens of thousands of students have joined protests across France over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, poor school conditions, and planned budget cuts.

Students carry out a blocking protest at the Lycee Lamartine secondary school during a day of nationwide public sector strikes and demonstrations, in Paris, on September 29, 2026.