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The government has declared a state of emergency in STEM studies and allocated about 1.5 billion shekels to the program. The program has already begun to operate, but parts of it are outside the scope of monitoring. The "Monitor" section of Globes and the Center for Citizen Empowerment is tracking the "Real Israel" program.

Linoy arrived with her toddler son for an adaptation day at kindergarten — 20 minutes after leaving, she discovered that her son had escaped. A passing teenager heard the 3-year-old shouting: "Mom, mom" — and saved him. According to her, no one from the staff updated her on what happened: "I entrusted them with my treasure, and the trust has been broken."

The responsibility of the educational staff may also apply to incidents on social networks. What is the difference between a one-time incident and ongoing harassment, what is required to be proven - and in what cases can compensation reach millions of shekels? Attorney Uria Rosenblat sheds light on the legal aspects.

While most students started the school year in the classroom, dozens of students from the "Mekor Chaim" yeshiva put on work clothes and began harvesting and weeding. The students participated in activities as part of the "Shorashim" program, which combines agricultural work with educational and values-based activities. Over the course of the year, more than a thousand students from dozens of...

About 60% of children suffering from food insecurity are not included in the Ministry of Education's feeding program. The main reason is the lack of budget among weaker local authorities.

Ofri Rafael from Moshav Nativ HaAsara studies in a special education class in Ashkelon and is defined as 100% nursing-dependent. According to her parents, although the council knew as early as July that she needed a personal aide, no solution was found by the start of the school year. Her father stated: 'She needs company. She cried when she heard she might not go to school.' The council responded...

Daniel gave up a comfortable career in high-tech, Rotem continues the path of her late father, and Paz moved to the Gaza envelope despite her illness. As the school year begins, the new educators explain why they are not willing to give up on the classroom, despite the workload and low pay.

The students were left without an educational framework, and according to their parents, the reason is the opposition of the ultra-Orthodox parties to schools that teach a full core curriculum. "Political figures in the municipality, led by a representative from Shas, are inciting against the establishment of the state-religious school," they attacked. The municipality: "The institution was...

The state-Haredi stream's Talmud Torah schools were left without a building. Parents are furious, claiming that Shas representative Avi Amsalem and municipal officials are blocking the establishment of the institutions. MK Moshe Tur-Paz, who arrived at the protest, said: "Shas blocked the move." The municipality has yet to respond.

A new program that opened for the first time in the capital will train students in the design and construction of UAVs. The track combines engineering, electronics, and computer science, and grants a technological matriculation certificate of 10 study units.

About 1,000 students have left Kiryat Shmona since the outbreak of the war, but at the Ort Danziger school, they recorded a full return to the classroom. Children arrive even from outside the city: "They did not give up on being students here." Yet, the total number of students in the city's educational framework has dropped from 5,500 to 4,500.

The start of the school year brings with it this year, alongside the excitement, also pain and memory. In a personal and moving post, Lishi Lavi-Miran, wife of Omri Miran who was kidnapped to Gaza and released, shared the moment she saw her children starting the year alongside their father, and remembered those who do not get to do so.

180,000 children started first grade today, but for many, the opening of the school year is much more than a regular return to the classroom. Omri, whose home was hit by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, reunited with his friends; the "HaNadiv" school reopened in Metula; the early childhood system resumed operations in Holit, and new families joined the communities of the North and the Gaza...

With the start of the academic year and against the backdrop of rising antisemitism since October 7, Jewish youth around the world are expected to receive a letter and a video message from Nate Leipciger, an educator and Holocaust survivor. The initiative, led by the "International March of the Living," is intended to strengthen the identity of students on campuses. Leipciger: "No one should...

The Samaria Regional Council reported that over 25,000 students began the school year this Tuesday. The education system, which includes 28 elementary schools, 11 high schools, and 168 kindergartens, welcomed 1,440 first-graders. This year, the council is opening four new high schools and eight kindergartens, six of which were established in new settlements in northern Samaria.

Many parents rush to sign consent forms for educational institutions, but experts warn that this is an irreversible step that could expose children to serious digital dangers.

While Education Minister Yoav Kisch promotes AI in schools, research shows that 76% of teachers lack the necessary pedagogical knowledge, and actual classroom integration remains low.

A new study by the Taub Center explains the critical importance of basic skills in the AI era. "You can let AI write and calculate for you, but to verify the results, you must know the basics yourself," says Prof. Gil Epstein.

Without threats of strikes, with a lot of hope: among the millions returning to school are 180,000 starting first grade. Some will begin in the legendary school of Metula, which stood empty until now. In the Gaza envelope, they are returning to study at home after about 3 years of wandering. The expectation: "That it will be interesting in class and fun at recess."

Closing the circle: teachers who return to teach in the place where they were once students. For the student who once sat in the back row by the window, and perhaps sometimes struggled to concentrate, standing in front of the class with a dry-erase marker in hand is a personal victory and a statement of intent.

For thousands of families in Israel, the start of the school year comes again this year in the shadow of prolonged reserve duty. While other parents accompany their children to kindergarten and first grade, there are those who are forced to say goodbye again and head to Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank. For 6.5-year-old Ivri, who will start first grade today, his father will be able to be there...

In the communities of the Galilee Panhandle, the opening of the school year will be marked tomorrow. Despite a relatively stable summer, the scars of war and evacuation are still felt, and the region continues to struggle to bring back families who chose to stay in the center of the country.

In Israel, children are getting their first mobile phone as early as age 6-7, the youngest in the world, according to the "Attention Revolution" movement, which is expanding its activities this year to dozens of schools, communities, and kibbutzim, promoting parental agreements to delay the purchase. In the background: a massive settlement by Meta in the US to restrict minors on social networks...

Just before September 1st, at the WIZO Kiryat Shalom daycare in Tel Aviv, the excitement is already felt: classrooms are being cleaned, walls are being painted, equipment is being arranged, and the staff is preparing to receive the children. However, behind the festive preparations hides a much more complex reality: a severe shortage of manpower has led to the fact that the baby class at the...

Returning to the school framework after a vacation is accompanied for many children by crying, stomach aches, and tantrums, especially after years of war, corona, and general instability. What distress should not be dismissed with "enough with the drama," when your protection is actually harmful - and how to find the precise balance between validating the emotion and insisting on the continuity of...

A special incentive plan is being offered to teaching staff who will begin teaching in the confrontation line communities in the north in the coming year, but for some teachers, the choice to arrive precisely in a place that suffered destruction and severe damage is first and foremost an ideological statement. "Mainly to provide a horizon and hope for the children, who did not choose anything from...

74% of students participating in the initiative in Tel Aviv do not use smartphones during breaks or do so rarely. Teachers report more social activity. In the coming school year, the initiative will be expanded to all 37 secondary schools in the city.

The parents' struggle succeeded: just moments before the return to school, the Petah Tikva municipality announced that the defendants in the shocking murder case will not return to the city's high schools, but rather an "alternative framework" will be found for them. One of the protest leaders: "There is a value-based and moral statement here."

Ahead of the start of the 5787 school year, a senior ministry official claims that the data to be presented does not reflect reality. "The minister and the director general are lying through their teeth," the official said. Within the system, reports are coming in of classrooms without homeroom teachers and of ongoing recruitment of teachers for many subjects.

Crime is affecting their functioning and achievements, causing some of them not to show up at school. A document from the Center for the Advancement of Safety in Arab Society warns of severe damage to youth and educational staff in the sector, and claims there is no comprehensive policy on the issue: "Protecting the children and the staff is a condition for the system's ability to protect them."...

Lack of budget and the freezing of coalition funds leave 4,000 volunteers out of kindergartens and schools. Against the backdrop of a severe shortage of teachers and principals, senior officials warn: "The system is in danger of collapse"

Two days before September 1st, parents of students at a school in Petah Tikva discovered that a teenager accused in the murder case of Yamanu Zelka, who is entering 10th grade, is expected to return to the educational institution. "We will not put our children at risk," says a father of a student whose son is entering the same grade. The municipality and the Ministry of Education are looking for...

The Tavor Academy will open a new branch in Kibbutz Masada that will bear the name of Lt. Col. Eli Ginsberg. Ginsberg, a former commander of the Counter-Terrorism School, went into combat at the outbreak of the war and fell the next day. This is the second branch that Tavor has opened since October 7 in memory of a fallen soldier, following the branch in Kiryat Shmona named after Lt. Yuval Yaffe.

Three days before the start of the school year, the budget crisis between the Ministry of Education and the Neve Midbar Regional Council has reached a peak. The council, which serves over 22,000 students in the diaspora while having only 12,000 registered residents, refuses to commit to expenses without full reimbursement. Parent committees have now joined the strike threat, warning that the...

Parents of students at the new School of the Arts in the Kfar Shalem neighborhood of Tel Aviv are threatening to strike in protest against the enrollment of children of foreign workers who do not live in the area. They claim the decision was made without transparency and without meeting entrance requirements. Parents' representative: "The neighborhood's children are being harmed by the decisions."

Ahead of the start of the school year, the organization "Nevet - A Sandwich for Every Child" sent empty lunch boxes to party leaders. According to the organization's data, about 100,000 students in Israel need a regular breakfast at school. Nevet calls for the promotion of a national program that will ensure a meal for students who arrive at school without food.

The CEO and Vice President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has passed away following a prolonged battle with illness. University President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz paid tribute to his colleague.

23 kindergartens in northern border communities will open this year even though the number of children in them is below the standard. About 11 million shekels will be allocated for the decision, which is intended to encourage families to return and join the communities. In Margaliot, the number of children has already doubled, and ten new families have joined in Zarit.

Ahead of new restrictions on phone use in middle schools, students, parents, and educators agree that screens have become a problem, but believe that a ban alone will not solve it. Dr. Rotem Eliyahu warns: "Other skills will not return on their own."