IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/ Worldwide News | Negative Influences | Tolerance Tue, 12 May 2026 09:58:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-logo-IMPACT_SE-1-32x32.png IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/ 32 32 IMPACT-se report featured in Daily News Hungary https://dailynewshungary.com/hungarian-textbooks-jewish-history/#google_vignette#new_tab https://dailynewshungary.com/hungarian-textbooks-jewish-history/#google_vignette#new_tab#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 09:56:04 +0000 https://impact-se.org/?p=3092 The post IMPACT-se report featured in Daily News Hungary appeared first on IMPACT-se.

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]]> https://dailynewshungary.com/hungarian-textbooks-jewish-history/#google_vignette#new_tab/feed/ 0 IMPACT-se featured in Khaleej Times on coexistence in education https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/students-teachers-coexistence-new-study#new_tab https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/students-teachers-coexistence-new-study#new_tab#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:57:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/?p=3095 The post IMPACT-se featured in Khaleej Times on coexistence in education appeared first on IMPACT-se.

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]]> https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/students-teachers-coexistence-new-study#new_tab/feed/ 0 IMPACT-se in WION: Pakistani Curricula on Jihad and India https://www.wionews.com/world/portrayl-of-india-in-pakistani-textbooks-1755609705380#new_tab https://www.wionews.com/world/portrayl-of-india-in-pakistani-textbooks-1755609705380#new_tab#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:52:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/?p=3089 The post IMPACT-se in WION: Pakistani Curricula on Jihad and India appeared first on IMPACT-se.

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]]> https://www.wionews.com/world/portrayl-of-india-in-pakistani-textbooks-1755609705380#new_tab/feed/ 0 IMPACT-se’s Research on Azerbaijan Featured in Global Discussion on Central Asia https://www.eureporter.co/world/uzbekistan/2025/02/26/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/#new_tab https://www.eureporter.co/world/uzbekistan/2025/02/26/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/#new_tab#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:47:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/?p=3086 The post IMPACT-se’s Research on Azerbaijan Featured in Global Discussion on Central Asia appeared first on IMPACT-se.

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]]> https://www.eureporter.co/world/uzbekistan/2025/02/26/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/#new_tab/feed/ 0 Between East and West: Education in Central Asia can shift the geopolitical balance https://impact-se.org/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/ https://impact-se.org/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/ The post Between East and West: Education in Central Asia can shift the geopolitical balance appeared first on IMPACT-se.

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IMPACT-se's latest research, conducted in partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation, reveals that Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan overwhelmingly reject radical ideologies in their curricula and foster tolerance toward Jews and Israel. These findings have been highlighted in an op-ed emphasizing the critical role of education in shaping Central Asia's geopolitical future. The findings, particularly from IMPACT-se's *Azerbaijan Textbook Report*, demonstrate how education is being used as a bridge between East and West. Azerbaijan's textbooks present Judaism alongside Islam and Christianity, reinforcing an inclusive national identity. As geopolitical alliances shift, IMPACT-se's research underscores the importance of fostering education systems that promote mutual understanding and strengthen ties with the West.

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]]> https://impact-se.org/between-east-and-west-education-in-central-asia-can-shift-the-geopolitical-balance/feed/ 0 IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff’s CNN Interview on UNRWA’s Education Program https://impact-se.org/impact-se-ceo-marcus-sheffs-cnn-interview-on-unrwas-education-program/ https://impact-se.org/impact-se-ceo-marcus-sheffs-cnn-interview-on-unrwas-education-program/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/impact-se-ceo-marcus-sheffs-cnn-interview-on-unrwas-education-program/ Talking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Marcus Sheff, CEO of IMPACT-se, discusses the organization’s pivotal role in presenting analysis and research on UNRWA’s educational failures. Highlighting IMPACT-se’s recent findings, he highlights examples of hate-teaching in UNRWA schools, the dangerous impact on students and the urgent need for curricula that promote peace and tolerance.

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]]> Talking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Marcus Sheff, CEO of IMPACT-se, discusses the organization’s pivotal role in presenting analysis and research on UNRWA’s educational failures. Highlighting IMPACT-se’s recent findings, he highlights examples of hate-teaching in UNRWA schools, the dangerous impact on students and the urgent need for curricula that promote peace and tolerance.

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]]> https://impact-se.org/impact-se-ceo-marcus-sheffs-cnn-interview-on-unrwas-education-program/feed/ 0 SAUDI ARABIA IS QUIETLY CHANGING ITS TEXTBOOKS. COULD THAT LEAD TO ACCEPTANCE OF ISRAEL? https://impact-se.org/saudi-arabia-is-quietly-changing-its-textbooks-could-that-lead-to-acceptance-of-israel/ https://impact-se.org/saudi-arabia-is-quietly-changing-its-textbooks-could-that-lead-to-acceptance-of-israel/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/saudi-arabia-is-quietly-changing-its-textbooks-could-that-lead-to-acceptance-of-israel/ IMPACT-se’s work is featured in a CNN article on Saudi Arabia’s quiet work to moderate subjects ranging from gender roles to the promotion of peace and tolerance. IMPACT-se reports and ongoing work in the region are cited as the major impetus for the changes, which CEO Marcus Sheff states “are an encouraging sign that progress […]

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]]> IMPACT-se’s work is featured in a CNN article on Saudi Arabia’s quiet work to moderate subjects ranging from gender roles to the promotion of peace and tolerance. IMPACT-se reports and ongoing work in the region are cited as the major impetus for the changes, which CEO Marcus Sheff states “are an encouraging sign that progress may include attitudes toward Israel and Zionism.”

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IMPACT-se's work is featured in a Times of Israel article on the United Arab Emirates' decision to integrate the teaching of the Holocaust into its primary and secondary education, in the wake of the 2020 Abraham Accords. IMPACT-se was cited as an organization which has played a key role in assessing the content of the UAE curriculum in recent years, which CEO Marcus Sheff states is "head and shoulders" above others in the region, and in offering guidance based on UNESCO-derived standards of peace and tolerance in education.

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]]> https://impact-se.org/bucking-regional-denial-uae-to-include-holocaust-in-school-curricula/feed/ 0 ‘Saviors of the Ukrainian People’: Russian Textbooks Reduce Ukrainian Nationalism to Western Interests, Study Finds https://impact-se.org/saviors-of-the-ukrainian-people-russian-textbooks-reduce-ukrainian-nationalism-to-western-interests-study-finds/ https://impact-se.org/saviors-of-the-ukrainian-people-russian-textbooks-reduce-ukrainian-nationalism-to-western-interests-study-finds/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/saviors-of-the-ukrainian-people-russian-textbooks-reduce-ukrainian-nationalism-to-western-interests-study-finds/ Moscow’s efforts to delegitimize Ukrainian independence and national identity are not limited to state propaganda and political pronouncements, but also pervade the Russian school system, according to a new study of Russian and Ukrainian textbooks. Following a review of 12 textbooks from the Russian and Ukrainian national curricula published between 2015-2021 — a period covering […]

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]]> Moscow’s efforts to delegitimize Ukrainian independence and national identity are not limited to state propaganda and political pronouncements, but also pervade the Russian school system, according to a new study of Russian and Ukrainian textbooks. Following a review of 12 textbooks from the Russian and Ukrainian national curricula published between 2015-2021 — a period covering most of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict prior to this year’s full-scale invasion — the Jerusalem-based Institute for Monitoring Peace and Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) concluded that Russian educational materials “are full of unsubstantiated, one-sided statements about the Ukrainian people and their government.” Consistent with Russian messaging since the outbreak of war in 2014, and especially since this February’s invasion, Russian educational messaging portrays President Vladimir Putin and Russia as “saviors of the Ukrainian people,” the report found. Ukrainian nationalism, it added, is frequently “described as being an extension of Western interests, rather than as a legitimate national sentiment” and Russian textbooks “cite Ukraine’s involvement in the Holocaust to claim that Ukrainian nationalism is inextricably linked with Nazism.” “Russia depicts Ukrainians as having a separate identity only as part of the Soviet Union,” IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff told Haaretz. “Russian students are not encouraged to think critically about Ukrainian nationalism. Ukrainian textbooks strive for objectivity but notably, fail to mention atrocities perpetrated by Ukrainians during the Holocaust, including the Babi Yar massacre of Jews and to explain Ukrainian collaboration with the Nazi regime.”

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]]> https://impact-se.org/saviors-of-the-ukrainian-people-russian-textbooks-reduce-ukrainian-nationalism-to-western-interests-study-finds/feed/ 0 The Saudi school system is finally embracing the West https://nypost.com/2024/06/08/opinion/the-saudi-school-system-is-finally-embracing-the-west/#new_tab https://nypost.com/2024/06/08/opinion/the-saudi-school-system-is-finally-embracing-the-west/#new_tab#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/the-saudi-school-system-is-finally-embracing-the-west/ In an opinion piece in the NY Post, IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff discusses our latest report on Saudi Arabian textbook reforms, placing these changes within a broader regional context. The latest report highlights the Kingdom’s proactive steps toward eradicating extremist content and fostering a curriculum that better emphasizes peace and tolerance. Sheff’s analysis underscores Saudi […]

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]]> In an opinion piece in the NY Post, IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff discusses our latest report on Saudi Arabian textbook reforms, placing these changes within a broader regional context. The latest report highlights the Kingdom’s proactive steps toward eradicating extremist content and fostering a curriculum that better emphasizes peace and tolerance. Sheff’s analysis underscores Saudi Arabia’s efforts to align with global educational standards, positioning the country as a leader in curriculum reform in the Middle East.

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