Next Education Minister, Your Choice Is Clear: Manage the Dismantling of Public Education or Take Responsibility for Building It
In an op-ed published on the Davar website, Inbal Ron, CEO of the Dror Educational Network, addresses the incoming education minister ahead of the elections. She argues that the deepest crisis is not workload or shortage, but the way Israeli society has begun to view public education as a system that can be dismantled, separated, and privatized, rather than a shared foundation to be protected. Ron describes a tired, overloaded, and distrustful system, where children have experienced war, evacuation, anxiety, and loss of routine, and teachers are expected to be both educators and emotional anchors, often without sufficient tools and support. She warns that dismantling public education will not stop at the school gates: gaps will widen, public trust will collapse, and parent-teacher relations will become consumerist and fortified. She calls it a struggle for the equality of human worth and for the right of all children, from every class and neighborhood, to learning that opens possibilities. She reminds that in August, hundreds of educators will gather at the national seminar of the Dror Educational Network on social pedagogy, to address questions of trust and hope. In conclusion, she states that the choice of the next minister is clear: manage the dismantling or take responsibility for the building, and that public education is the last line of defense of Israeli society against alienation, separation, and loss of trust.
In an op-ed published on the Davar website, Inbal Ron, CEO of the Dror Educational Network, addresses the incoming education minister ahead of the elections. She calls on them not to give up on public education, arguing that the deepest crisis is not workload or shortage, but the way Israeli society has begun to treat public education as a system that can be dismantled, separated, and privatized, instead of a shared foundation that must be protected. Ron describes a tired, overloaded, and distrustful system, where children have experienced war, evacuation, anxiety, and loss of routine, and teachers are required to be both educators and emotional anchors, sometimes without sufficient tools and support. She warns that dismantling public education will not stop at the school gates: gaps will widen, public trust will collapse, and relations between parents and teachers will become consumerist and fortified. According to her, this is a struggle for the equality of human worth, and for the right of all children, from every class and neighborhood, to learning that opens possibilities. She reminds that in August, hundreds of educators will gather at the national seminar of the Dror Educational Network on social pedagogy, to address questions of trust and hope. In conclusion, she states that the choice of the next minister is clear: manage the dismantling or take responsibility for the building, and that public education is the last line of defense of Israeli society against alienation, separation, and loss of trust.