Ministry of Education

Schools to move to remote learning on Monday after shutdown amid Iranian missile strikes

The situation will be reassessed during the Purim holiday on Tuesday and Wednesday in accordance with ongoing security evaluations, the Education Ministry said.

Damage after an Iranian missile attack in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Education Ministry mulls mandatory display of PM's photo in classrooms

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

High Court orders gov't justify law allowing funding cuts, teacher firings over alleged terror ties

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as he visits the Istishari Cancer Center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, May 14, 2025.

PA's Abbas to send delegation to UNESCO to review Palestinian curriculum


Education Ministry under fire for rehiring principal accused of sexual harassment

'This is a distorted decision that normalizes sexual misconduct and ignores the serious harm it causes to those who were harassed'

Education Minister Yoav Kisch, August 31, 2025.

Education Ministry denies report claiming chapters on liberal democracy removed from curriculum

"We are undergoing a crisis over the character of the state and democracy. It's unreasonable that precisely the topics related to this would be removed from the civics matriculation."

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch hold a press conference on the new AI program in the education system at the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, last month. A founder should be able to rely on AI to run a seamless, end-to-end business operation, the writer believes.

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect

In a country where “routine” has never meant “normal,” teachers are the guardians of resilience, unity, and purpose

Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

Reinforcing Israel’s Education System: Jewish Teachers from Abroad Step in to Bridge the Gap

Around 100 Jewish teachers from around the world will arrive in Israel through Masa Israel Journey to teach English for the entire school year to students in Israel’s geographic and social periphery

Volunteers from Masa Israel Teaching Fellows, a Masa program in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Education

Israel aims to improve absorption of olim into education system ahead of coming school year

Making Aliyah is a massive life change for all olim, but school-aged children often face a unique struggle when integrating into the Israeli education system.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June.

School under fire: Israel's education system grapples with the war - opinion

Today's security situation forces students, teachers, parents, and policymakers alike to confront complex questions, as the academic year draws to a close.

 HIGH SCHOOL students take a matriculation exam, in Yehud, in 2020. The education system has been forced to adapt to various emergencies, from COVID-19 to military operations, and has learned to be flexible, says the writer.

Israeli student arrested for Nazi salute at Auschwitz during school trip

An Israeli student was arrested and fined for performing a Nazi salute at Auschwitz during a school trip.

 THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Teachers on personal contracts program yields zero results

Israel’s education system faces a deepening teacher shortage as a program to hire skilled teachers on personal contracts stalls due to union opposition and bureaucratic delays.

 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.

Knesset passes law allowing funding cuts for schools supporting terror acts

New law grants Israel's education ministry power to defund terror-supportive schools and fire teachers.

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on April 15, 2024

Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights releases guidance on discrimination regulations

The new guidance comes in light of an uptick in Title VI complaints.

House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, December 5, 2023.