Widening Socioeconomic Inequalities in Early Childhood Language Milestone Attainment in Israel, 2016-2022
10.06.2024Despite Israel's high fertility rate and the high poverty rates among young children, the relationship between children's familial socioeconomic backgrounds...
- Pinchas Akiva Guy Amit Irena Girshovitz Yael Navon Yair Sadaka Yossi Shavit Sarit Silverman
The Roots of Disparity: Exploring Socioeconomic Influences on Early Childhood Development
08.05.2024This research was generously supported by the Beracha Foundation, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, and Yad Hanadiv....
Early Childhood Education and Care in Israel: An Overview
03.01.2024The research was conducted as part of the Taub Center's Initiative on Early Childhood Development and Inequality, generously supported by...
The October War and Its Impact on Israel’s Society and Economy
25.12.2023In this chapter, Taub Center researchers review the impact of the October 7th war on each of the Center's policy...
- Taub Center researchers
Young Children Below the Poverty Line
18.12.2023In 2018, almost one-third of young children (up to the age of 4) in Israel lived below the poverty line...
- Yael Navon Liora Bowers
The Relationship Between the Death of a Parent or Sibling in Early Childhood and Educational Achievement
08.11.2023The loss of someone close — a parent or sibling — is a shock for everyone, and most certainly for...
Free Early Childhood Education: Challenges and Policy Alternatives
18.01.2023The past year has seen increased pressure to expand free early childhood education and care to include all children under...
Israel is not yet ready for free compulsory education from birth
31.12.2022The Taub Center has published a unique booklet of data that paints a complicated picture of early childhood in Israel....
- Taub Center Staff
Family income during early childhood and its effect on academic achievement
29.11.2022The English version will be available soon. You can read the Hebrew version of this research here Executive Summary The...
Childbirth does not affect the employment of all mothers in the same way
23.10.2022The postpartum period has a decisive impact on both the future of children and the career progression of their parents,...
- Taub Center Staff
Employment Characteristics of Parents of Children in Early Childhood
19.09.2022The employment of parents of children in early childhood is a topic of concern in many countries, but in Israel...
- Noam Zontag
Dilemmas and Developments in Early Childhood Care in Israel
28.07.2022On July 20 the Taub Center Initiative on Early Childhood Development and Inequality held a conference entitled Dilemmas and Developments...
- Taub Center Staff
Supervised Daycare for Infants in Arab Society: Enrollment, Barriers and Policy Recommendations
28.12.2021Among researchers and professionals in the field of early childhood, there is currently a broad consensus that comprehensive, accessible and...
- Taub Center Staff
Enrollment of Arab Children in Supervised Daycare
23.11.2021Currently, there is broad consensus among researchers and professionals that comprehensive, accessible, high-quality education frameworks for young children (from birth...
- Shavit Ben-Porat (Madhala) John Gal Labib Shami Avner Elizur
Preschool Attendance through Age 3 and Its Impact on Academic Achievement in Grade 4
23.11.2021The environment during a child’s first years of life has a major impact on their life outcomes. Therefore, positive experiences...
New preschool standards for a new year
12.09.2021As it does every year, September 1st marked the start of the new school year for Israeli children. This year,...
- Taub Center Staff
What we’ve learned about early childhood during COVID-19
30.06.2021The COVID-19 crisis was difficult for everyone in different ways, but one group particularly affected, about which there has been...
- Taub Center Staff
The Relationship Between Parental Stress and Young Children’s Screen Time During a COVID-19 Driven National Lockdown
24.05.2021This study examines screen use by young children during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Israel. Screen use is a matter...
- Yael Navon Liora Bowers Carmel Blank Dana Shay Yossi Shavit
Is attending early childhood frameworks in Israel associated with better academic achievements?
16.12.2020Enrollment rates in early childhood education and care (ECEC) frameworks are particularly high in Israel, yet public spending on these...
- Taub Center Staff
Early Childhood Education and Care in Israel Compared to the OECD: Enrollment Rates, Employment Rates of Mothers, Quality Indices, and Future Achievement
05.08.2020Executive Summary This study presents data on the characteristics of early childhood education frameworks in Israel in comparison to other...
Do the different stages of early childhood affect children differently?
01.12.2019When researchers study inequalities in society and opportunities for social mobility, they often try to determine the sources of these...
- Taub Center Staff
Inequalities are created in early childhood: Early childhood poverty and future academic achievements
29.10.2019Executive Summary The academic literature shows that the first years of life are critical in terms of brain development: until...
- Dana Shay Yossi Shavit Isaac Sasson
Executive Summary: Emerging Early Childhood Inequality: On the Relationship Between Poverty, Stress, Sensory Stimulation, and Child Development and Achievements
23.12.2018How do experiences in early childhood impact development and achievement? The academic literature indicates that there are various ways in...
- Taub Center Staff
The building blocks of equal opportunity: early childhood education
13.08.2018It is widely agreed that education is the key to future opportunities, success, and intergenerational economic mobility, and thus, that...
- Taub Center Staff
Emerging Early Childhood Inequality: On the Relationship between Poverty, Stress, Sensory Stimulation, and Child Development and Achievements
31.05.2018The Taub Center gratefully acknowledges The Bernard Van Leer Foundation for its generous support of this project. This literature review,...
- Yossi Shavit Isaac Friedman John Gal Dana Shay
Household Expenditures on Preschool Education
26.12.2016Israel's education system is, for the most part, operated and funded by the state and local authorities through the State...
Implementation of Compulsory Education Law for Ages 3-4: Challenges and Recommendations
11.03.2013The current paper looks at the practical implications of the decision to fully implement the law. It presents a methodology...
The State of Public Preschool Education in Israel
21.08.2012While the importance of early childhood education for long-term success is widely known and commonly accepted, Israel’s investment in education...
- Taub Center Staff
Social Policy Toward Families of Working Parents with Preschool Children
03.06.1987The proposals are mostly built with a view not to exceed the present costs of the maternity allowance program, thus...
- Avraham Doron Yossi Tamir Chaim Adler
The Impact of the Israel-Gaza War on Young Children and Their Parents
This research is currently available only in Hebrew. Taub Center releases new data on the status of children from birth...