Meisharim

Meisharim – The Turnaround Schools Strategy is a joint venture of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance and Yad Hanadiv, operating since 2019. The initiative seeks to create sustainable changes in underperforming elementary schools that serve students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

The vision of Meisharim is advancing social mobility among Turnaround (Meisharim) school graduates, increasing effectiveness of other similar school interventions and promoting fairness in Israeli elementary school education.

ICEI is one of only three third-sector operators nationwide selected for the prestigious Meisharim initiative. 

ICEI’s comprehensive five-year intervention in Meisharim schools includes mentoring of principals, professional development in literacy, measurement and evaluation, improving the school climate, building learning spaces, parent and community engagement, and more. 

Many of ICEI’s core principles and programmatic elements have been adopted by Meisharim across all participating schools, including the position of the Literacy Coach and literacy instruction methodologies.