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  1. Trade union rights are human rights 16 December 2014

    Teachers called to create the World’s Largest Lesson

    Education International and its global partners have launched the World’s Largest Lesson Plan, a project which invites the world’s teachers to educate and popularise the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, to be launched in September.

    Teachers called to create the World’s Largest Lesson
  2. Leading the profession 12 December 2014

    Flip the System

    Jelmer Evers

    Flip the System
  3. Union renewal and development 10 December 2014

    Jordan: renewed commitments made to educate refugee students

    Arab education leaders are facing the challenge of schooling growing refugee populations head-on by working together and within the international community to get all refugee children into schools.

    Jordan: renewed commitments made to educate refugee students
  4. Equity and inclusion 10 December 2014

    Global Unions consolidate strategy to promote migrant workers’ rights

    Global Unions will implement a joint strategy to defend and promote the rights of migrant workers around the globe, and this includes the rights of educators working across national borders.

    Global Unions consolidate strategy to promote migrant workers’ rights
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 December 2014

    OECD report: education the answer to boosting economic growth

    The statistics don’t lie in the OECD’s latest research, which points to a lacking investment in education as the major culprit behind rising inequality that is costing economies and slowing growth around the world.

    OECD report: education the answer to boosting economic growth
  6. Trade union rights are human rights 10 December 2014

    Nobel Peace Prize headlines Human Rights Day

    On the day marked to recognise the importance of human rights around the world, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi highlight education as an essential right, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Nobel Peace Prize headlines Human Rights Day
  7. Union renewal and development 10 December 2014

    Jordan: young teachers seen as the solution to sustainable Arab unions

    Tapping the fountain of youth, through helping young teachers grow within their profession, is being looked to as a way of ensuring the future of Arab unions and to guaranteeing respect for trade union rights.

    Jordan: young teachers seen as the solution to sustainable Arab unions
  8. Union renewal and development 9 December 2014

    Arab education unionists address the challenges facing quality education

    Education leaders throughout the Arab region have descended on Amman, Jordan to confront the issues facing their teachers and students to collectively develop solutions on how to overcome the obstacles.

    Arab education unionists address the challenges facing quality education
  9. Trade union rights are human rights 8 December 2014

    Nobel champions join forces to help children hit by Ebola

    Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have joined an urgent appeal to help five million children pushed out of school because of the Ebola epidemic.

    Nobel champions join forces to help children hit by Ebola
  10. Union renewal and development 8 December 2014

    Mexico: teacher appraisal no longer linked to student performance

    Latin America’s largest teachers’ union has stood firmly behind its members through efforts to end the practice of evaluating educators based on the academic outcomes of their students.

    Mexico: teacher appraisal no longer linked to student performance
  11. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 December 2014

    UK: Fraud at private alternative higher education colleges

    Students attending alternative higher education providers have claimed public financial support they were not entitled to, with many not even being properly registered to study, says report.

    UK: Fraud at private alternative higher education colleges