Tag: Israeli
Israeli Math Technology Startup Matific Gets $45mil Investment
Posted: September 1, 2016 at 5:20 pm / Education
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A tech start-up company aiming to boost the world’s math skills will extend the reach of its products after securing $ 45 million in funding for educational video games, bringing the total amount invested in the games to $ 58 million. The start-up company, Matific, creates educational math and science video games […]
Israeli Government Looks to Impose Core Secular Education
Posted: August 1, 2016 at 5:20 am / Education
(Photo: Marc Israel Sellem, POOL/Flash90) Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved a law for its first reading in the Knesset that would cancel a law passed by the previous government requiring haredi elementary schools to teach 11 hours per week of English, math, and science. The law intended to reduce the amount of funding for schools […]