The Israeli school system ranks among the worst in the developed world in several categories, a new study found. “Education at a Glance 2006,” published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, found that Israeli teachers earn the fourth-lowest salaries, Israeli classrooms are among the most crowded and the average number of years Israeli schoolchildren go to school is among the lowest of the 32 OECD member and partner states surveyed between 1995 and 2004.
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