Faculty of Education, Bar-Ilan University · Founded 2010

The EDS Lab is one of three research groups I lead - alongside Competitiveness (STAC) and Education Finance Policy (LEAD) - sitting at the cohesiveness end of that spectrum. EDS studies national-level policy questions using mixed methods: how education systems can advance equity, diversity, and social justice across special needs, minority, ultra-Orthodox, immigrant, and periphery populations.

One active initiative within the lab is the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Education research group, which develops and applies CEA methods to Israeli education programs.

Principal Investigator

Prof. Iris BenDavid-Hadar - Founder and Head.

Current projects

• Yaara Shilo - Early childhood education policy
• Fatina Bader Sarsoor - Minority ICT4D (empowering underprivileged minority students in science education)
• Sharon Malki-Levy - Language policy and immigration
• Orit Krubiner - Specialized schools and quasi-market policy
• Or May-Yazdi - Financial education for the Ultra-Orthodox sector
• Yael Leby - Ultra-Orthodox integration in higher education
• Uri Even - Educational leadership
• Reut Tsadkani - Improvement and incentives
• Zehorit Dadon Golan - Equity in education and achievement gaps

Meet the group, and the full list of current and former advisees →