{{Infobox school | name = Kedma School | native_name = בית הספר קדמה | location = Katamon, Jerusalem | coordinates = {{coord|31|45|13|N|35|11|54|E}} | lower_age = 12 | upper_age = 18 | enrollment = 160 | enrollment_as_of = 2011 | website = www.kedma-school.org.il }}
The '''Kedma School''' ({{langx|he|בית הספר קדמה}}) is a high school in Katamonim, Jerusalem.
==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.<ref name=DelgadilloJPost>Delgadillo, Sharis. "[https://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/Features/A-second-chance-for-a-first-class-education Kedma's small-class, mentorship model for disadvantaged pupils in the Katamonim is increasing education and vocational opportunities for graduates.]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030258/http://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/Features/A-second-chance-for-a-first-class-education Archive]). ''Jerusalem Post''. 7 March 2011. Retrieved on 2 December 2014.</ref>
As of 2011, most students are Jews from North Africa, including Moroccan; Sephardi; Ethiopian; and Kurdish origins. Most of the students had previously substandard test scores and/or issues with discipline and therefore had left their mainstream schools.<ref name=DelgadilloJPost/>
==See also== *Education in Israel
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==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 Doctoral dissertation.
==External links== * [http://kedma-edu.org.il/main/siteNew/index.php?langId=1 Kedma School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801235836/http://www.kedma-edu.org.il/main/siteNew/index.php?langId=1 |date=2014-08-01 }} * [http://kedma-school.org.il/ Kedma School] {{in lang|he}} * [http://www.matanel.org/content/kedma-school Kedma School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215110025/http://www.matanel.org/content/kedma-school |date=2013-12-15 }} - Matanel Foundation
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Category:Schools in Jerusalem Category:1994 establishments in Israel Category:Educational institutions established in 1994 Category:High schools in Israel