Yaacov Hecht

Yaacov Hecht
יעקב הכט
Hecht in 2011
Born (1958-01-11) 11 January 1958
Hadera, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Educator, author, speaker, expert on education and innovation
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Yaacov Hecht (Hebrew: יעקב הכט; born 1958 in Hadera), is an Israeli educator and proponent of democratic education.

In 1987, he founded the first school in the world called a democratic school. Following that, he helped founding around 30 democratic schools in Israel. In 1993 he convened 'in Hadera the first IDEC- International Democratic Education Conference, an annual conference that continues to connect educators, schools, and organizations. That led to the emergence of hundreds of democratic schools all over the world.

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