The interim report of “The Shared Core of the School System” project presents the research conducted to describe Israel’s public education system and to map the communalities across its various educational factions.
The report outlines the legal guidelines and government regulations that define the de jure structure of the system and illustrates their implications through an analysis of the civics curriculum. It then examines the de facto situation by focusing on the endpoint of the system—Israel’s matriculation examinations (Bagrut). Finally, the report reviews four vision documents that propose reforms to the public education system aimed at strengthening social cohesion and ensuring that every student has the opportunity to participate fully in 21st-century society.
The goal of the “The Shared Core of the School System” project is to develop a research-based policy document on this topic. This interim report describes the first stage of the project’s research activities, designed to support the development of policy recommendations for advancing all streams of Israel’s public education system.
