i was told by my supervisor that in any school that is not implementing the HOTS, parents would receive letters from the ministry stating that although it is the teachers' responsibility to prepare their children for the bagrut, it is not being done in their childrens' school. the princip[als would also be notified. (this may open the door to parents suing the teachers and/or the school). in addition, she told me the story of a principal who got so angry at the teachers that he refused to pay them the gmul bagrut for their classes, claiming that they were lax in preparing the students for the bagrut, which is what the gmul is for. also, she claimed that very few teachers were still against the HOTS, especially since the ministry's decision to pay them for checking the log. -- 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain." In order to prevent viruses and junk mail, please delete my name and e-mail address before sending or forwarding this message to someone else. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------