Describes schooling in Israel, where religion is the center of learning for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim children. Outlines five kinds of schools available to Jewish children. (Author/JM)

Describes an inservice education program designed to help principals translate the general aims of new curricula and innovation into specific objectives that can be implemented and whose implementation can be evaluated. (IRT)

In this report, the formation and use of a creative movement program by a group of Israeli educators as a means of promoting intellectual development in culturally disadvantaged children, mostly of North African and Asian origin, is described. The theoretical framework of the experiment, based on the work of Piaget and other educational…

In order for teachers to take a greater role in curriculum development, more trained curriculum coordinators are needed. A two-year Israeli course to teach skills in leadership, curriculum development, subject matter, and teaching techniques to future curriculum coordinators is described. (IS)

This study describes a school-university collaboration involving a number of professional development schools in Israel and examines the efficacy of such collaborations. A government agency requested that a university researcher plan and implement collaborative programs. The program determined to include a heterogeneous group of schools, selected…