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The New York City municipality is tightening regulations on technology use in schools ahead of the new academic year. Elementary students will face a ban on AI and personal screens until the third grade.

The school year in Lebanon is expected to begin on September 15, but about 80 schools are still serving as shelters for families displaced from their homes by the war. About 340 schools were damaged and about 30 were completely destroyed, and the Ministry of Education is preparing to return students to classrooms: "We have a solution for every shelter, and no student will be left without a place."

Police preparations include checkpoints, patrols, and the deployment of officers near educational institutions, alongside efforts to locate illegal aliens at construction sites and schools. Head of the Operations Department, Brigadier General Elad Klein, emphasized that preventing hostile terrorist activity is the top priority and warned of potential friction during the election year.

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."

MK Gilad Kariv claims that the Ministry of Education is preventing Knesset members from visiting schools on the first day of the school year due to fears of election propaganda, while Minister of Education Yoav Kisch is expected to visit an educational institution. Kariv appealed to the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee demanding to clarify why the ban does not also apply to the minister...

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."...

Ahead of the new school year, the Israel Electric Corporation is finalizing power grid connections and upgrades for 270 educational institutions. Preparations began earlier this year following requests from local authorities.

While state schools are desperate for manpower and opening their gates to diversity, religious schools are closing their doors to secular teachers. The system is calling for orientation and training, but educators are demanding to overcome the crisis: "It is time to dismantle the tribal walls."

The school year in Kedumim opened today at the "Yesodat Oz" Talmud Torah, where about 130 students are being educated. Under the guidance of Council Head Ozael Vatik, over 3 million shekels were invested in development and construction across all educational institutions in the council.

A new study published in the journal Teaching and Teacher Education revealed that teachers are concerned about the impact of AI and prefer to test students in class and orally. Despite the increasing use of technology, most participants reported that they are required to set the boundaries themselves and are coping without clear guidance.

The "English for All" program, intended to integrate AI into English studies for 300,000 students, faces significant challenges including equipment shortages, lack of teacher training, and pending software selection. The Ministry of Education maintains that the program is designed to fit existing school infrastructure.

Directors of Jewish schools in the UK are forced to dedicate significant time to student security, sometimes at the expense of education, according to a government review. In the first half of 2026, 178 antisemitic incidents related to schools were documented—a 59% increase in one year.

Residents of Sanaa and the Emirati website "Erem News" report that the Houthi regime in Yemen has begun operating a mandatory registration and military recruitment mechanism for students in schools. According to reports, the organization's "General Recruitment Authority" is distributing forms to students of various ages and providing them with ideological and military training in preparation for...

The "Coalition for the Rescue of State Education" has been established, uniting educators, experts, and local government heads. The coalition aims to make education reform a central issue in the upcoming elections.

"Campus Guardian Angel" is a new drone kit recently acquired by nine U.S. schools. Designed to neutralize shooters within 15 seconds, the drones use pepper spray and high-speed frontal collisions at nearly 100 km/h to stop attackers.