האם החינוך הממלכתי בישראל הגיע לסוף דרכו? מקורות המשבר, סיכונים והזדמנויות

State (Mamlachti) education in Israel has faced many challenges since its establishment in 1953. Still, it seems that today it is facing a crisis that for the first time threatens its very existence, in light of the recent coalition agreements that effectively cancel basic principles on which it is founded. This article presents the dangers inherent in these agreements for the future of public education in Israel and links them to long-term processes that have shaped it over the years.A brief historical discussion of the law that established state education and the developments of education policy since its enactment, reveals considerable gaps between the declarative level and the actual manifestations of the law. The last part of the article presents the opportunities the current crisis provides for a more egalitarian and pluralistic public education in Israel .