Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE), formerly known as the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), is an Israeli non-profit organization that monitors the content of school textbooks.^[3]

Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

Founded	1998 [1]
Founder	Yohanan Manor [2]
Focus	Areas of conflict
Area served	School Textbook Analysis
Method	Developed by IMPACT-SE using international criteria for curriculum analysis
Key people	Helene Bornstein [2] Marcus Sheff[2] Arik Agassi [2]
Website	www.impact-se.org

The current CEO of the organization is Marcus Sheff, a former Israeli-British journalist and media executive, and a current Major in reserves in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Unit.^[4]

Scope and impact

IMPACT report, 2000

The organization analyzes textbooks, teachers' guides and curricula from across the world. The impact of these reports has included the European Parliament's decision to freeze^[5] elements of Palestinian Authority funding until curricula are brought into line with international standards. The same report by the organization led to questions being raised publicly over similar funding from governments in Switzerland,^[6] Germany^[7] and UK.^[8] In Israel,^[9] the organization's reporting generated media analysis of failures in the publicly funded ultra-Orthodox Jewish educational system. The organization was also invited to help create a curriculum for Syrian children seeking refuge in Greece.^[10]  

Media

Reports in the media which include the work of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education include:

• Der Bund (Switzerland), UNO-Schulbücher verherrlichen Terroristen (January 2019)^[6]
• Jerusalem Post (Israel), "European Parliament Committee Votes to Freeze €15m to PA Over Inciting Textbooks" (September 2018)^[5]
• Sunday Times (UK), Britain gives £20m for schools glorifying martyrs and jihad (April 2018)^[11]
• La Libre (Belgium), "Quand des manuels scolaires palestiniens promeuvent le martyre: la Belgique impliquée" (November 2017)^[12]
• Newsweek, "Why are Palestinian kids being taught to hate?" (March 2017)^[13]
• Hurriyet (Turkey), "Another dangerous ideological touch to education" (January 2017)^[14]

See also

• Palestinian Media Watch
• Education in Israel
• Education in the State of Palestine
• Education in Egypt
• Hasbara
• Memri