Study: Israeli teachers come up short in key skills

A new Shoresh Institution study has found a substantial skills gap between teachers in Israel and their counterparts in OECD countries – with Israeli teachers ranking 17th in skills among 20 developed countries. The report also found significant skills gaps within Israel among teachers from the different education streams. Prof. Dan Ben-David, President of the Shoresh institution and a professor of economics at Tel Aviv University, spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal (Photo: File. A classroom in Tel Aviv. Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.