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Schools to hold memorial events for Oct. 7 anniversary, Education Ministry announces

The ministry added that the events taking place on the anniversary would involve four elements: Personal memories, bravery and unification, emotional and educational conversation, and recovery.

Illustrative: Israeli children seen in their classroom on the first day of school since October 7 massacre, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, March 3, 2024.
French high school and university students attend a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and dilapidated school buildings, which they blame on years of underinvestment, in Nantes, France, October 6, 2026.

Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests

FILE PHOTO: French high school students block the access to the Lycee Paul Eluard high school as they protest to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, September 30, 2026.

Teenager's hand blown off as French school protests enter third week

Keshet high school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020.

Parents’ jobs linked more strongly than education to teens’ PISA scores, study finds


India's 'Cockroach Janta Party' to continue protests after dozens wounded in police altercations

Thousands of protesters from Delhi and nearby cities and towns gathered to march on parliament on Monday, joining a movement that began as online satire.

A supporter of India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) poses while holding the Indian national flag at a protest site, a day after thousands of protesters marched toward parliament demanding the resignation of the Education Minister over examination paper leaks, at Jantar Mantar in India, July 21, 2026.

Math teacher arrested over alleged sexual offenses against student

The suspect’s attorney said the alleged contact was consensual, while the court extended the teacher’s detention and barred publication of his name.

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Reichman course for students: Take NIS 500,000 and decide how to distribute it

As part of the Impact Lab course, students were asked to evaluate more than 120 non-profit organizations and decide how to distribute a donation granted to them by the monday.com Foundation.

Students at Reichman University, January 22, 2026

AI doesn't replace good writers, it demands better judgment, researchers find - study

The findings complicate the common AI in education debate. It is not necessarily a threat to academic integrity, but only when students are trained to prompt it and use it effectively. 

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SCOTUS upholds state bans on transgender sports participation, paving way for further restrictions

The court decided 9-0 that the state laws do not violate the Title IX civil rights statute that bars discrimination in education "on the basis of sex."

 United States Capitol Police lines up along the perimeter while LGBTQ activists and supporters hold a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court as it hears major LGBT rights case on whether federal employment law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sex covers sexual orientation and gender ide

How AI is changing the way students choose their future careers

“AI is reshaping career planning by pushing students to seek practical skills, critical thinking, and adaptability in a rapidly changing job market.”

Iranian students expelled from university after allegedly burning flag of Islamic regime

Two Iranian students were expelled after allegedly burning the Islamic regime flag at Amirkabir University, amid a wider wave of student expulsions across Iran.

An Iranian national flag is fixed to the arm of a statue at the monument dedicated to the Palestinian struggle in Palestine Square in central Tehran on July 8, 2025.

Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities

While teachers are threatening strike action over staffing shortages, parents are attacking the demand and describing it as dangerous discrimination.

Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Jordanian school textbooks contain antisemitic, anti-Zionist themes, IMPACT-se finds

IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff described the findings as "concerning," particularly due to Jordan's status as a "key Western ally and one of Israel’s longest-standing peace partners."

Jordanian pupils return to school in the capital Amman, on February 7, 2021; Illustrative.

More than a GPA: Inside the movement to end letter grades in Jewish education

Oakland Hebrew Day School is part of a small but growing educational movement to abandon traditional letter or number grades, switching instead to assessments of student proficiency and progress.

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.