Andreas Schleicher, head of education and skills at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), said the expansion of artificial intelligence use in Israel’s education system is expected to position the country among the organization’s leading nations in personalized learning.
1+In a letter to Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Schleicher addressed the expansion of the “720 Program”—middle schools transitioning to AI-powered personalized English learning—to 180 additional schools, and the implementation of AI-based personalized English learning in roughly 900 more schools for seventh and eighth graders. According to him, these steps will position Israel among the top-performing OECD countries in AI-assisted personalized language learning.
Schleicher noted that when the organization collected data in 2024 on AI integration in classroom teaching as part of the TALIS survey, Israel ranked in the middle compared to other countries. However, he said, the program expansion reflects a significant commitment to implementing and scaling innovative educational approaches.
1+Schleicher also wrote that he was impressed by the 720 Program during the EducAItion 2026 conference held in Jerusalem, and that he was pleased to learn of its expansion. He added that other countries can learn from Israel’s move, and expressed hope that the initiative will be featured in the next edition of the OECD’s digital education report.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch said: “We’ve made Israel one of the world’s leading countries in integrating artificial intelligence in education. Expanding the 720 Program and implementing AI-based personalized learning in English studies across all middle schools places the Israeli education system at the forefront of global innovation. This is how we give every student personalized learning, close gaps, and prepare the next generation for the changing world of the 21st century.”