Education

'Not safe for kids': Food allergy group petitions High Court to stop Kisch school-nurse pilot

The pilot, approved by the government ministries, is planned for eight elementary schools and will replace personal aides for students with life-threatening allergies with a single school nurse.

High Court Justice; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch with students from the Benzion Netanyahu School in Ramle.

Netanyahu visits school in Ramle hit by missile during Iran war as Israel classes start nationwide

Ofra Erlich teaching at Metula.

As schools start in Israel, government pushes for teachers to move up north with NIS 60,000 grant

Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.

Israeli non-profits, companies expand education access in remote communities worldwide


Nearly three million Israeli students begin school year with AI, financial education at center

Israel’s 2026-2027 school year opens Tuesday with new programs focusing on student resilience and belonging, financial literacy, and artificial intelligence.

Nearly three million Israeli students begin school on September 1, 2026, including some 180,000 first-graders.

5 games that will bring back children's math knowledge before returning to school

After two months of plenty of screens, the pool, and trips, it is important to clear the blockages and rewire the fast retrieval pathways in the memory.

The children's learning ability has weakened a bit.

Israelis rate education system 4 out of 10 as school year opens, new research warns

The current system was described as highly centralized and bureaucratic, arguing that schools and principals lack sufficient authority to respond to the needs of their students and communities.

Young students arrive to the classroom at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra orthodox jewish boys, in Beit Shemesh, August 28, 2022.

Ofer Winter, unification of Arab parties, shake up Knesset seats, push RZP below threshold - poll

The data shows that Winter’s entry has created greater complexity within the coalition bloc. Without him, the bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu receives 43 seats, while with him it rises to 48 seats.

The launch of the new People of Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026.

Kurdish language officially introduced in Syrian schools for first time marking historic shift

Syria’s MoE has issued new instructions under Decree No. 13 of 2026 aimed at protecting cultural and linguistic rights while promoting diversity within an inclusive national identity.

Kurdish language to be taught in Syrian schools in the 2026-2027 academic year; illustrative.

Ari Steinberg: Investing in Israel’s educators is investing in Israel’s future

Ashmoret CEO explains how the company harnesses its purchasing power and expanding range of services to improve educators’ lives and strengthen the country’s education system

Ari Steinberg, CEO of Ashmoret

Alarming study reveals Israeli teachers lag behind global peers substantially in all metrics

Israeli teachers scored below the average for the 18 comparison countries across all three areas examined.

Israeli children going into1st grade, meeting with the new teacher ahead of the first day of the new academic year, at the Pola school in Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority schools praise martydom, use October 7 attack in math lessons

Beyond reducing October 7 to a math exercise, the nine-year-olds were also praised by their teacher in written feedback for writing questions relating to martyrdom, including child martyrdom.

A child's drawing shown here says: "In Gaza City at least 150 children die as Martyrs [daily]. How many child Martyrs are there in nine days?"

Israel 'abandoned' haredi students, education reform needed, Aliza Bloch tells 'Post' - interview

She criticized the structure of Israel's education system, arguing that the government has ceded too much responsibility for decisions affecting students to bodies outside the public sector.

Former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch in an interview with 'The Jerusalem Post.'

Israel's Project 720 brings Google, Microsoft, Amazon AI solutions to education system - feature

The Education Minister told The Jerusalem Post that current regulations guarantee privacy, while the new AI implementation policy allows only adaptive and scalable solutions.

 An illustrative image of an Israeli school classroom.