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Students wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing at a classroom on the first day of school reopening at a Secondary School in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Noushad Thekkayil/Shutterstock.

New Qatari school textbooks glorify Hamas, reject peace between Israel and Arab states

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Qatar prides itself on its high level of education and yet its own textbooks clearly do not meet accepted international standards, according to a new report by IMPACT-se, a research institute that analyzes schoolbooks...
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) sign on the headquarters building in Toronto. Credit: JHVE Photo/Shutterstock.

Toronto school district employee distributes anti-Israel manual to educators

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A staffer with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is current on paid leave after reportedly sending out an anti-Israel manual to local educators. According to a May 22 report in the Toronto Sun, Javier DaVila,...
The Indiana state capitol building. Credit: SJ Harris/Shutterstock.

Indiana’s expansion of school-choice program to empower Jewish parents, students

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Jewish day-school advocates are among those celebrating Indiana’s expansion of its school-choice programs to allow some 90 percent of families in the Hoosier state to receive state-funded vouchers. As part of the new budget, families...
Mona Khoury-Kassabri. Photo by Bruno Charbit.

The Arab-Israeli woman bringing diversity to Hebrew University

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Days after the news of Mona Khoury-Kassabri’s appointment as Vice President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the good wishes are still pouring in. “The amount of greetings and congratulations I have received in the last...
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The crisis and opportunity in Jewish early-childhood education

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Early-childhood education (ECE) is the pivotal point when Jewish families enter the Jewish community as a unit and begin a new, lifelong connection with Judaism and Jewish life. This might sound like hyperbole, but I believe it’s...
Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in Gaza supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

Pro-Israel groups press Congress to help end ‘hateful content’ in UNRWA schools

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Several pro-Israel and Jewish organizations are urging U.S. legislators to pressure the United Nations to end hateful anti-Semitic content found in the curriculum of schools run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The...
A classroom for young girls in the coastal town of Elmina, Ghana. Credit: World ORT.

World ORT launches STEM project for girls in Ghana, backed by UNESCO

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World ORT is leading an innovative training project in Ghana to promote computer courses led by women for young girls. Backed by a UNESCO grant, the Women STEM Trainers program in the coastal town of...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Study finds an increase in anti-Israel, anti-Semitism in Turkish school curriculum

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A new study of the current Turkish school curriculum found that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made significant changes in textbooks to include an increase in anti-Semitism and the demonization of Israel. The study, announced...
Students at the Waqf-run school for girls in eastern Jerusalem. Source: Facebook.

Glorifying martyrdom, eastern Jerusalem school marks ‘Shahid Day’

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A Waqf-run elementary school for girls in Jerusalem recently marked “Palestinian Shahid Day” and held educational activities on the subject of martyrdom. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf is an Islamic trust that controls and manages the...
Yehud Comprehensive High School students sit for a matriculation exam, in Yehud, July 8, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

Israeli educators fear that distance learning will lead to ‘lost generation’

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Those Israeli parents who are still working face a near-mission impossible when it comes to making sure their children are keeping up with their schoolwork. According to Joint Chairman of the Parents Leadership in Ra’anana Odelia Shindorf,...