Yaacov Hecht

Biography:

Yaacov Hecht born 1958 in Hadera is an Israeli educator and worldwide pioneer of democratic education. Yaacov Hecht is an internationally distinguished leader and visionary in democratic education learning theory and societal change. In 1987 Hecht founded the Democratic School in Hadera Israel the first school in the world to call itself democratic. Due to the school’s success Hecht helped to establish a net of democratic schools all over Israel.