From the Grass Roots Up A TWO-MONTH strike of Israeli high school teachers, their longest ever, ended in December 2007 when the independent High School Teachers Organization (HSTO) reached a compromise with the government. The strike went beyond a labor…
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The Dovrat Report: Populism and Elitism Will Not Mix
In the middle of May, Education Minister Limor Livnat announced a major overhaul in Israeli Education. She published a preliminary “National Program for Education,” an ambitious 123-page proposal developed in a committee headed by high-tech executive Shlomo Dovrat. This “Dovrat…