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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 February 2011 ‘Teachers are the sans-culottes of the education revolution’
EI’s General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has told activists at the GCE General Assembly that “resources for investment in education, for the future of our children and young people are there. It takes political will to make them available!”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 February 2011 G20 fails to tackle exclusion, inequality and unemployment
EI has expressed its dismay at the failure of G20 finance ministers to focus on the global employment crisis at their meeting this week.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 February 2011 EI launches new teachers’ guide to healthy living and learning
EI has worked with the Education Development Center and World Health Organisation to present their latest EFAIDS resource: ‘Healthy Action: An activity book for teachers and learners’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 February 2011 CAR: Teachers provide education despite on-going violence
EI is supporting teachers in the Central African Republic (CAR) who are struggling to bring quality education to their students despite decades of political violence.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 February 2011 Georgia: Unions demand consultation on teacher qualification
Georgia’s EI affiliate, the Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union (ESFTUG), has responded to proposals for a new teachers’ certification process by calling on the Georgian Ministry of Education to engage with consultation.
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Equity and inclusion 21 February 2011 Unions advocate for gender equality and decent work at the UN
Education International, in partnership with other Global Unions, is bringing the expertise of teachers to the 55th UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York, USA.
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Standards and working conditions 18 February 2011 Teachers Worldwide Express Solidarity with US Public Employees
Teachers around the globe are deeply concerned about efforts to strip educators and other public employees of fundamental trade union rights.
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Equity and inclusion 18 February 2011 Unions advocate for gender equality in education at the UN
Education International, working together with other Global Unions, is ready to bring and share their expertise at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2011 WSF: Poverty and child labour undermine quality education
EI and its affiliates have participated in workshops on early childhood education and child labour in western Africa at the World Social Forum which has been held in Dakar, Senegal.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2011 EI supports global day of action for Financial Transactions Tax
EI is set to join other global union federations and civil society organisations to organise a global day of action in support of the Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) on 17 February, to coincide with the meeting of G20 finance ministers in Paris.
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Union growth 16 February 2011 Colombia: killing of teacher unionists must end
The Colombian teacher and trade unionist, Carlos Alberto Ayala, was shot dead on 5 February. The gunmen who murdered him had been laying in wait for him as he returned to his home in Puerto Asís.
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Standards and working conditions 14 February 2011 EI General Secretary meets US Education Secretary
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has paid a courtesy visit to the Secretary of Education of the United States of America, Arne Duncan, in Washington DC.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 February 2011 Wear a pink heart for quality public education!
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is encouraging everybody to wear a pink heart on 14 February, Valentine’s Day, as a symbol of love for quality education and public services.
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Union growth 11 February 2011 Education unions prepare for life after Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as the President of Egypt. In an announcement on state TV, Vice-President Omar Suleiman said Mr Mubarak has handed power to the military.
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Standards and working conditions 11 February 2011 France: Quality education threatened by planned interdisciplinary teaching
Responding to the Science Plan proposed by Luc Chatel, Minister for Education, French EI affiliates have emphasised the need for good initial teacher training.
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Union renewal and development 11 February 2011 Tunisia: Education resumes while activists continue to mobilise
Students and teachers across Tunisia have resumed their classes after weeks of protests that brought down the government of former President Ben Ali, but the debates continue about how to shape a new Tunisia.
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Standards and working conditions 11 February 2011 France: Inter-disciplinary teaching threat to quality education
EI’s French affiliates have called into question proposals from the Minister for Education, Luc Chatel, who’s ‘Science Plan’ threatens the emphasis on good initial teacher training.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 February 2011 OECD: Pre-school pupils are still better readers aged 15
Children who have been in pre-school education are likely to be much better readers when they are aged 15, reveals a study of international test results.
OECD: Pre-school pupils are still better readers aged 15