The Kedma School () is a high school in
Katamon
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im,
Jerusalem
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.
History
As of 2011, the school had 160 students in grades 7–12. Kedma opened in 1994. As of 2011 the class ratio is one to 13.
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Kedma's small-class, mentorship model for disadvantaged pupils in the Katamonim is increasing education and vocational opportunities for graduates.
Archive
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''. 7 March 2011. Retrieved on 2 December 2014.
As of 2011, most students are
Jews
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from
North Africa
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, including
Moroccan;
Sephardi
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;
Ethiopian
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; and
Kurdish
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**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
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origins. Most of the students had previously substandard test scores and/or issues with discipline and therefore had left their mainstream schools.
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See also
*Education in Israel
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References
Further reading
* Bar Shalom, Y. and Krumer Navo, M. (2007). "The usage of qualitiative methods as means to empower disadvantaged groups: The example of the Kedma School in Jerusalem." '' The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences''. 2 (1), p. 237–244.
* Bairey Ben-Ishay, A. (1998). "Teacher burnout and consciousness-complexity: An Analysis of the mentors at Kedma (An Alternative Israeli High School)." Harvard University
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Doctoral dissertation.
External links
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