The EU is planning an “academic study on Palestinian school textbooks” to see whether they are in compliance with “UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance in education,” One organization that has been heavily involved in...
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IMPACT-se-Inspired Bill to Monitor PA Before U.S. Congress
A bipartisan bill has been proposed in Congress that would require the State Department to submit annual reports reviewing the educational material used by PA and UNRWA schools in Palestinian territories. The proposed legislation is...
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BILD: Outrage Over German Funding of Palestinian Schoolbooks
Responding to a news article by the major German daily, BILD, that exposed German financing of the Palestinian Authority’s education department, a German member of the federal parliament urged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration to explain...
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IMPACT-se Report: Contributes to EU Freezing Funds for PA Textbooks
The European Parliament’s budgetary committee voted to freeze more than 15 million euros from the Palestinian Authority if they do not remove incitement from their textbooks after European parliamentarians were made aware of the contents...
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JP Editorial: Cited IMPACT Report Contrasts with Empty Abbas Promises
Contrary to Abbas’s claim to President Trump that Palestinians were raising their children and grandchildren on a culture of peace, a report last month by the NGO, IMPACT-se, found an “alarming deterioration in the PA’s...
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Haredi Schoolbooks Promote Isolation, Suspicion of Outside World, Says NGO
A comprehensive study by the education watchdog organization IMPACT-se of textbooks used in Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) schools has found that they teach a worldview that is isolationist, contemptuous of secular society and instills hatred of Reform...
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In an article for Taiwan insight, Tuyuq Rabay examines efforts to give Indigenous heritage a greater place in Taiwan’s schools. At one elementary school, students learn about ancestral history, language, and cultural traditions through forest walks, storytelling, and activities
As Houthi violence continues to make headlines, its roots can be seen by analyzing Houthi educational materials from a decade ago.
In mathematics materials from 2015–2019 documented by IMPACT-se, children learn numbers by counting images bearing the Houthi slogan, which includes
Last week, IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff addressed parliamentarians and policymakers at the House of Lords in London and the French Senate in Paris as part of a delegation of experts on countering extremism, facilitated by @TrendsRA_
Marcus highlighted the essential role of
In a recent article for @NRO, Perpperdine Univeristy (@pepperdine) President Jim Gash and Jeremy Tate, founder of the @CLT_Exam challenge the idea that schools should teach students how to think, rather than what to think.
They argue that education is never entirely neutral:
We are pleased to share that IMPACT-se participated in the 5th Paris Conference on Education (PCE2026), hosted by the The International Academic Forum (@iafor) at Sorbonne University.
Bringing together scholars, educators and policymakers from around the world, the conference
In a recent interview with @dailystarnews, Shireen Huq, a prominent women’s rights activist in Bangladesh, raises important questions about gender and inclusion in education—from the stereotypes embedded in what girls and boys are taught, to body shaming in textbooks and the role
As Syria's new leadership seeks closer engagement with Western governments, its education reforms offer an early indication of the country's future direction. This analysis examines what recent curriculum changes reveal about the regime's ideological priorities—from attitudes
A recent analysis from @PeaceNewsNet examines school textbooks in Iraqi Kurdistan and argues that they could do more to reflect the histories and experiences of the region's diverse ethnic and religious communities, including Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, and
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In an article for Taiwan insight, Tuyuq Rabay examines efforts to give Indigenous heritage a greater place in Taiwan’s schools. At one elementary school, students learn about ancestral history, language, and cultural traditions through forest walks, storytelling, and activities
As Houthi violence continues to make headlines, its roots can be seen by analyzing Houthi educational materials from a decade ago.
In mathematics materials from 2015–2019 documented by IMPACT-se, children learn numbers by counting images bearing the Houthi slogan, which includes
Last week, IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff addressed parliamentarians and policymakers at the House of Lords in London and the French Senate in Paris as part of a delegation of experts on countering extremism, facilitated by @TrendsRA_
Marcus highlighted the essential role of