Pisa exam

Israel’s PISA collapse exposes a failing education system threatening its future - opinion

The figure that should truly alarm Israel is that the 2025 collapse is occurring not at the margins of the education system, but at its core. What should be done?

|ByDAN PERRY
View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025.
World ORT Director General and CEO Avi Ganon.

World ORT’s investment in Israel’s education system is reaping rewards

Discussing how to bring the Israeli education system to the heights its hi-tech industry shows us we can reach

|ByAVI GANON
Letters

Letters to the Editor December 30, 2019: Obdurate Olmert

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

|ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A CLASSROOM

Leaning tower of PISA: Growing gaps in Israel's scholastic performance

The tests revealed a growing gap in scholastic performance between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking pupils in Israel.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

PISA tests: Israeli students consistently behind developed world

The PISA examinations showed Israeli students underperforming in reading, mathematics and science. They also reveal a growing gap between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking pupils.

DECEMBER 3, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
Students from middle schools in Nazareth and Nof Hagalil study together and create joint projects