Countering dropout, creating readiness to advance students to the next level and successful retention in the educational system is modeled after one successful global program started in 1974 and tested over time: the innovation at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel is called PERACH which means ‘flower’ in Hebrew and is also the acronym for tutorial project. 

     The Project Directors of HiddenFromView (HFV),  John R. Graham and Etti E. Benvenisti, encountered the Israeli PERACH program based at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot in 2009 while working under the auspices of the Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation. They developed a pilot video, “Winning Connections”, about PERACH and started discussions of the educational innovation in 2010. In 2011 Amos Carmeli, National Director of PERACH, visited New Mexico spoke at professional and public meetings with interested leaders and professionals and made site visits. In 2012 the MATCH New Mexico program will be launched with the benefit of support from PERACH linking it with programs in 21 other countries.

     The model under development in New Mexico is available to any interested organization as part of the HFV commitment to revealing Israeli innovation and working together to shape a better place.

Related Materials:

“Winning Connections” (28 minutes), 2010 HFV video pilot production with PERACH programming built around interview with Amos Carmeli

“60,000 Vulnerable Kids and 30,000 College Students: An Israeli Investment in Education” (58 minutes), 2011 HFV video production of Amos Carmeli’s public presentation with Rick Miera, Chair of the New Mexico Legislative Educational Study Committee as discussant

MATCH NEW MEXICO: 2012 Printed Report (6800 words) 

Executive Summary: 2012 Printed summary (500 words)

PERACH Israeli Program Descriptive Presentation