The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy
Israeli high school students will return to school today for the first time since October, as the teachers strike concluded this Thursday.
After months of politicking and arguing over some very valid issues, here are the results of the strike:
- It was the longest strike in Israeli educational history, lasting 65 days, 48 of which were school days
- Teachers received a 17% wage increase overall: 8.5% of which will be given immediately, along with an additional 5% given to all public workers for “wage erosion” (additional raises are promised over the next 13 months)
- Teachers will now be teaching 2 additional classroom hours per week
- The number of students per classroom will be lowered
- The school year will be extended 10– 20 days
- Teachers will be fully reimbursed for the strike– now that’s interesting
Note that in a recent study on Israeli priorities, education was the number one concern, followed by security, corruption, and poverty.
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