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Standards and working conditions 6 October 2017 Palestine: education union works to empower teachers
On the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, Palestinian education unionists strongly highlighted the need for teachers in their country and worldwide, to be empowered to provide quality education for all students.
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Upcoming events
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 North America-Caribbean
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Latin America
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Europe
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Asia-Pacific
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Africa
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 ACCRS
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Union renewal and development 5 October 2017 Worldwide
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 October 2017 World Teachers’ Day brings professional freedom and empowerment into focus
As the contributions and significance of teachers are recognised, this year’s focus has turned toward the diminishing freedoms facing the profession and the empowerment needed to allow teachers to work effectively in a challenging world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 October 2017 UK: teacher unions highlight need of students’ mental health support
Teacher unions in the UK have reiterated educators’ commitment to ensure that the government takes account of their students’ mental health to achieve quality education.
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Union growth 3 October 2017 Canadian Teachers’ Federation vows to support immigrant families in Francophone minority settings
Through its launch of a new resource aimed at immigrants, the Canadian Teachers’ federation is working to facilitate the integration of newcomers and their families in French-language schools.
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Equity and inclusion 2 October 2017 Germany: Union focuses on need to address inclusion of refugees
German educators are addressing the best ways to integrate refugee children into the school system, pointing out challenges to the education systems status quo.
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Equity and inclusion 1 October 2017 Canadian union CTF supports dialogue on cultural diversity in schools
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) and the Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française (ACELF) launched the second edition of “Voir grand ensemble” at the ACELF Conference in Calgary, Alberta, September 28-30, 2017.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 September 2017 Teachers’ voice is heard at Global Education Industry Summit
Supported by a strong delegation, Education International joined more than a hundred representatives from government, industry and the OECD for the third Global Education Industry Summit in Luxembourg.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 September 2017 UNESCO aims at ‘Cracking the code’ to end gender disparities in STEM
A new UNESCO report addresses girls and women’s significant underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics professions worldwide, a divide rooted in girls’ earliest days of socialisation and schooling.
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Union growth 28 September 2017 Quality refugee education lagging a year after global commitments
With only modest advances made in the year since countries pledged education-related support to refugees at the 2016 UN General Assembly’s Leaders’ Summit, renewed calls for immediate action are being made.
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Union renewal and development 27 September 2017 EI’s Initial Reaction to the release of the Bank’s World Development Report on Education
The World Bank’s new education report reveals “a superficial and incoherent effort” that “brushes over complex issues, oversimplifies recommendations and opts for broad generalizations that should make even the most well-intentioned finance minister scratch her head.”
EI’s Initial Reaction to the release of the Bank’s World Development Report on Education