| Founded | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Yohanan Manor |
| Focus | Areas of conflict |
| Area served | School Textbook Analysis |
| Method | Developed by IMPACT-SE using international criteria for curriculum analysis |
| Key people | Helene Bornstein Marcus Sheff Arik Agassi |
| Website | www |
The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE), formerly known as the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), is an Israeli non-profit organization that monitors the content of school textbooks.
The current CEO of the organization is Marcus Sheff, a former Israeli-British journalist and media executive, and a current Major in reserves in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Unit.
Scope and impact
The organization analyzes textbooks, teachers' guides and curricula from across the world. The impact of these reports has included the European Parliament's decision to freeze elements of Palestinian Authority funding until curricula are brought into line with international standards. The same report by the organization led to questions being raised publicly over similar funding from governments in Switzerland, Germany and UK. In Israel, the organization's reporting generated media analysis of failures in the publicly funded ultra-Orthodox Jewish educational system. The organization was also invited to help create a curriculum for Syrian children seeking refuge in Greece.
Media
Reports in the media which include the work of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education include:
- Der Bund (Switzerland), UNO-Schulbücher verherrlichen Terroristen (January 2019)
- Jerusalem Post (Israel), "European Parliament Committee Votes to Freeze €15m to PA Over Inciting Textbooks" (September 2018)
- Sunday Times (UK), Britain gives £20m for schools glorifying martyrs and jihad (April 2018)
- La Libre (Belgium), "Quand des manuels scolaires palestiniens promeuvent le martyre: la Belgique impliquée" (November 2017)
- Newsweek, "Why are Palestinian kids being taught to hate?" (March 2017)
- Hurriyet (Turkey), "Another dangerous ideological touch to education" (January 2017)
See also
- Palestinian Media Watch
- Education in Israel
- Education in the State of Palestine
- Education in Egypt
- Hasbara
- Memri
References
- IMPACT-se. "History". IMPACT-se. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ IMPACT-se. "Staff". IMPACT-se. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- "IMPACT-se – Institute for monitoring peace and cultural tolerance in school education". IMPACT-se. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- CNN visits Israeli Kibbutz attacked by Hamas on October 7 | CNN. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2024-11-02 – via www.cnn.com.
- ^ "European Parliament committee votes to freeze €15M to PA over inciting textbooks". 27 September 2018.
- ^ "UNO-Schulbücher verherrlichen Terroristen" [UN schoolbooks are glorifying terrorists]. Der Bund (in German). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- "Outrage over taxpayer money funding Palestinian school book praising Munich Olympic terrorists". Jerusalem Post.
- Harpin, Lee (December 18, 2019). "LFI blasts review into textbooks". The Jewish Chronicle.
- "החילונים "ריקניים", הרפורמים "רשעים": מה לומדים הילדים החרדים". Ynet. 28 June 2017.
- "Jerusalem-Based Watchdog, Israeli School Partner to Develop 'Peace' Curriculum for Refugee Kids in Greece". Algemeiner. 27 August 2018.
- "Britain gives £20m for schools glorifying martyrs and jihad". The Times.
- Libre.be, La. "Quand des manuels scolaires palestiniens promeuvent le martyre: la Belgique impliquée". www.lalibre.be. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- "Elliott Abrams: Why are Palestinian children being taught to hate?". Newsweek. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- "Another dangerous ideological touch to education". Hürriyet Daily News. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.