Students to stay home Wednesday; National Association says children used as tool in teachers' wage dispute, protests against newly introduced humanities matriculation framework

In response to openly homophobic politician's appointment, some 160 academics join registry of lecturers willing to come to schools to speak free of charge

Head of homophobic Noam party to get authority over schools' external programming, with many municipalities as well as national parents association vowing to oppose him

Talks set to resume on Monday after Lapid speaks with involved parties to try to speed up process, avert strike on September 1