Israel 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.

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.
Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch visits an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the Home Front Command and the Ministry of Education approved the resumption of studies in local authorities where the risk of rocket fire is relatively low and schools have protected spaces.

Schools to gradually reopen after ceasefire, with uneven rollout across Israel

HIT's team headed by the President  Prof. Eduard Yakubov and Holon's Municipality team headed by Mayor Shai Keinan with the students

Where campus meets kindergarten: HIT and Holon Municipality bring STEM to young learners


Israel’s education system is a ‘ticking time bomb’

A new report has shown that 50% of Israel's students are getting a third-world education.

 Ultra orthodox jewish kids seen the first day of school at an Ultra-Orthodox school in Neve Yaakov Neighborhood of Jerusalem on August 9, 2021.

Can students be safe in school when COVID-19 spikes?

Already, around 120,000 students and teachers are in isolation or have the virus, including in around 65 “red cities” with high infection.

 Fifth grade students returned today to school at the Alomot elementary school in Efrat, where religious and secular students study together.  Children in middle school went back to school today following a few weeks of learning from home. February 21, 2021.

Are we informed by Education or surveys?

"Our obligation as Jewish educators is to provide our learners with knowledge and skills so they can reach their own informed opinions about Israel."

A bloodied Israeli flag hangs on the main building at the University of Cape Town on Monday at the start of Israel-Apartheid Week.

Former school principal explains the educational challenges amid COVID

According to the US Learning Policy Institute and the NASSP, 42 percent of the principals surveyed this year indicated they were considering leaving their position. It is not hard to understand why.

Dr. Beverly Gribetz with former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat

Beit Shemesh mayor fires UTJ, Likud council members for 'damaging' city

Bloch said she made the choice "out of responsibility to the future of the city and its residents," and that the deputy mayors and councilors have "hurt thousands of students."

‘LAST WEEK, the city that had effectively erased its women elected a woman to be mayor’: Aliza Bloch.

Israel, UAE agree to collaborate on education, exchange programs

"I was pleased to meet a true partner of the State of Israel," Education Minister Yoav Gallant said after meeting UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja in Jerusalem.

Education Minister Yoav Gallant and UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja meet in Jerusalem and agree on promoting educational programs between the countries, Sunday, May 30, 2021.

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