Education

Israel to ban cell phones in middle schools, Education Ministry confirms

This comes after a similar ban rolled out in February in elementary schools.

MAY 17, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?

National assessment data show sustained declines in math and reading since 2012, with pandemic learning loss, chronic absenteeism, and staffing shortages identified as major factors.

MAY 17, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Teachers in discussion at the Center for Jewish-Inclusive Learning's Jews in the Curriculum: Opportunities & Challenges in Humanities Classrooms Conference in March 2026/

Accurate education: What Jewish students need from public schools right now - opinion

Parents fear the messages their children and their classmates receive about being Jewish are filled with biased viewpoints and fail to reveal the rich tapestry of Jewish life.

MAY 17, 2026|BySAUL KAISERMAN, RABBI REBECCA ROSENTHAL

Preschoolers at Temple Judea ECC, which received a grant from EarlyJ to open a toddler classroom.

Reaching unaffiliated families where Jewish life begins - opinion

For many young families today, Jewish life does not begin with synagogue membership, day school enrollment or even intentional Jewish seeking. It begins with a much more immediate question.

MAY 7, 2026|BySHARONA ISRAELI-ROTH

'A movement takes time': How one rabbi is slowly changing the haredi draft debate

Behind protests and politics, a quiet revolution is reshaping ultra-Orthodox attitudes toward military service.

DECEMBER 2, 2025ByCHANI KAPLAN

Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry a banner in Hebrew that reads, “to prison and not the army,” during a “million man” protest against military conscription, in Jerusalem October 30, 2025.

AMIT educational network hosts Thanksgiving event at Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel

The Thanksgiving Day program was also aimed at mobilizing increasing numbers of residents and visitors to support education on Israel’s social and geographic periphery.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025BySHIR PERETS

NO NEED to stand – just lower yourself onto a burnt umber couch.

Why deradicalizing Gaza’s youth will be the hardest battle - opinion

“All Jews are sh**...” “I want to be ‘shaheed’ [martyr] next week,” and “Hitler is the best,” reads an exercise book found by the IDF in Gaza during the war.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByIAN LLOYD NEUBAUER

UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL Philippe Lazzarini speaks in Cairo in September. He had claimed that UNRWA didn’t know what was ‘under its headquarters,’ and fired a handful of terrorists, but it wasn’t just a few bad apples, says the writer.

In Denver, a Jewish day school happily copes with a surge in new students

Hailey, a senior at DJDS, transferred the school year after Oct. 7 because she was tired of her schoolmates constantly bringing up the situation in Israel and Gaza.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025ByDREW KAPLAN JTA

Students participate in a class at Denver Jewish Day School, where increased enrollment has led to fuller classrooms.

Taxpayer-funded Swedish schools tied to Islamist extremist welfare fraud - report

A Swedish investigation finds over 1 billion kronor in taxpayer-backed preschool and school funds siphoned to an Islamist-linked welfare fraud network.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Antisemitism remains central feature in Palestinian education curriculum, IMPACT-se finds

IMPACT-se noted that the current PA educational system is unfit for Palestinian schools, and an alternative must be implemented in Gaza for a more peaceful future.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER

Grade 5 Arabic Language textbook exalting terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.

Trump administration announces steps in dismantling Education Department

It will "streamline federal education activities on the legally required programs, reduce administrative burdens, and refocus programs and activities to better serve students and grantees."

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByREUTERS