[etni] JPost article on Israeli education

Hi all,

The full text of the article that Sue is referring to is now up at -
http://www.etni.org/news/Israeli_Schools.htm


Sue wrote:
> I am amazed that nobody has commented on the article which 
> appeared in the Jerusalem Post last week (on page 6!) citing 
> various educational system comparisons.  I'm sorry I can't find 
> the article online.  But essentially, Israel ranked very low for 
> teachers' salaries but this does not seem a valid comparison 
> because Israel generally may have very low salaries (the other 
> countries were not listed).  Israel ranked very low in percentage 
> of students in higher education but how were all those students 
> in "tertiary level" yeshivot counted.  But I couldnt think of any 
> reason to question the class size comparisons.  Our class size
> comparison was abysmal.  Why aren't we shouting from the 
> rooftops (or from in front of the Knesset)?

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