Posts Tagged: Israel education ministry
Israeli Children Facing Mental Health Challenges Due to Hamas War, New Study Shows
A new study released by Israel's Education Ministry highlights the growing mental health challenges facing students due to the ongoing war against the Hamas terror...
Israeli Treasury, Teachers’ Unions at Odds Over Extended School Year
JNS.org - Israel’s Finance Ministry may dock the salaries of teachers who refuse to teach for an extra nine days this school year, following an...
2.3 Million Israeli Students Start New Academic Year
JNS.org - Over 165,000 Israeli students started first grade today, as 2.3 million students began the academic school year in over 5,000 schools. The upcoming graduating...
Israel Slated to Take in 100 Orphaned Syrian Refugee Children
JNS.org - Israel has announced that it will take in 100 orphaned Syrian refugee children, the Jewish state’s first such move since Syria’s civil war began...
300 Israeli Elementary Schools to Introduce Robotics Program
JNS.org - Some 300 elementary schools in Israel will be adding robotics to their curricula for the 2016-2017 academic year, as part of a new initiative by...
Israel’s Secular Schools Set to Launch New Curriculum on Jewish-Israeli Culture
JNS.org - Israel’s Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that it will launch a new curriculum in secular schools that seeks to strengthen students’ Jewish-Israeli culture from...
The Challenge Facing Education Minister Naftali Bennett
Anyone following the leftist media in Israel could be forgiven for believing that Israel is undergoing a Kulturkampf and that a desperate struggle is taking...
2 Arab Educators in Jerusalem Fired for Incitement Against Israeli Soldiers
JNS.org - A principal and a teacher at an Arab elementary school in eastern Jerusalem were fired this week for allegedly inciting and encouraging violence against...
Staff at East Jerusalem School Accused of Inciting Violence Against IDF Soldiers
Education Ministry Director General Michal Cohen on Tuesday summoned a principal and a teacher from an elementary school in East Jerusalem for a hearing over...
Ongoing Rocket Fire Casts Doubt on Start of Israeli School Year
JNS.org - Leading up to the start of a new academic year in Israel, parents in the rocket-battered south are saying they do not...
Jewish Schools in Israel to Hire 500 Arab Teachers Over Next Five Years
About 500 Arab teachers will be hired to teach in Jewish schools over the next five years, Kol Yisrael Israeli government radio reported Tuesday morning. The...
Israel Rejects Study Minimizing Hatred in Palestinian Arab Textbooks
Israel's Education Ministry has rejected the findings of a State Department-funded study that determined Palestinian textbooks do not incite hatred against Israel and that both...
Israeli Students Top List of Western Countries in Mathematics
Israeli students lead Western countries in achievements in mathematics according to data issued by TIMSS and PIRLS. The TIMSS and PIRLS tests are held by...
