Education in Israel from an international and demographic perspective

Israeli children’s average level of knowledge in mathematics, science and reading is below that of every developed country - and this is not due to the country’s Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) children, most of whom do not even study the material and do not participate in exams. Roughly half of Israel’s children currently receive an education at third world levels, and they belong the country’s fastest growing population groups. Manifestations of this process have already begun to surface - most recently in Israel’s recent elections - while the long-term implications for Israel’s future, if left unchanged, will be existential. -- page 1