Recognizing the potential of experiential education to drive social mobility, the Rashi Foundation has decided to invest in this field as a core area of its work in Israel’s periphery.
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The teaching crisis affects directly not only the teachers but also the students. Despite the consensus on the need for change, we are still far from turning the agreement into action.
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Time and again, the discourse on a reform in the education system focuses only on teachers' wages, putting off the fundamental issue of their status until a future time that never comes.
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Passing the responsibility for daycare settings for children under 3 to the Ministry of Education has created for the first time a birth-to-18 continuum in education. The is a major milestone in closing the inequality gaps, but there are still many challenges ahead.
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The only way to help those who can't make a living in a post-corona world is to provide retraining for employment in relevant new fields
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With equal access to remote learning and more autonomy to the municipalities, the coronavirus crisis can lead to a better education system
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The World Economic Forum joins the international institutions looking into the impact of social mobility and inequality on economic growth.
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After the election we need to focus on the urgent tasks facing the next government, including major reforms in the Israeli education system
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Business and non-profit organizations, including Rashi, show how Israeli innovation is harnesses for social and enviromental sustainability
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There is almost no need to explain why equal opportunities in education are essential for social mobility. But an equal budget isn't equivalent to equal opportunity.
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The gaps that appear by age 3 between children growing up in beneficial vs. unfavorable environments are almost impossible to close later on.
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Rashi Foundation's policy brief presents guiding principles and recommendations for a comprehensive and effective national plan that will change the reality in Israel's periphery
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Overturning the pyramid requires a major paradigm shift with regard to the significance of early childhood as a key to social mobility
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Our experience shows that with intensive pedagogic training, teachers can lead students who failed in the past to achievement
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We are happy to share a guest post by Hadas Levi Billig, Programs Manager at Rashi’s Cyber Education Center that offers opportunities to children and youth in the geo-social periphery
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as a newly founded state, Israel has succeeded in ensuring the mobility of its younger generation. But the present inequalities, put the mobility of our children at risk.
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An Israeli child born to parents in the bottom fifth of the income distribution has a chance of 10.5% to reach the top fifth as an adult
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What is the connection between the income of a child's parents and his or her chances to become an inventor?
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Rashi’s new initiative, a pedagogic network, advances low-performing schools, which are found mostly in the social and geographic periphery of Israel
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Inter-generation mobility is actually an indicator of equality of opportunity in a society.
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We hear a lot about social mobility, but what exactly does it mean and why is it important?
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