The kids who are building an airplane

In this episode, DataPoint host Maya Dolgin tells the story of the Yerucham Science Center, talking with the director of the Center, Asaf Shalev, and with some of the students involved in its programs. The Yerucham Science Center is an educational institute that runs a number of programs for kids of different ages, both during and outside of school. Delving into the Center’s activities provides insight into Israel’s education system and, more particularly, on its possible role in promoting economic growth while at the same time helping to reduce inequalities.

Links

• Taub Center website
• Yerucham Science Center website
• How Much Can the Israeli Start-Up Nation Continue to Grow? (Gilad Brand, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 2018)
• Technological Education: Trends and Developments, 2006 to 2017 (Hadas Fuchs, Nachum Blass and Guy Yanay, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 2018)
• A Picture of the Nation 2019 (Ed. Avi Weiss, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 2019)
• Are Economic Growth and Income Inequality Intertwined? (Taub Center Staff, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 2019)
• The Israeli Education System: An Overview (Nachum Blass, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 2018)
• A Picture of the Nation 2018 (Ed. Avi Weiss, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, May 2017)
  
  

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Thank you to the Herbert M. and Nell Singer Foundation for making this episode possible!

Musical score by the Eastern Instruments Orchestra of Yerucham-Dimona. Editing and sound by the awesome team at Podcastico.