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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2019 UK: The Chancellor’s speech does not adequately address the education funding crisis
While commending the Chancellor of the Exchequer for announcing in his Spring Statement the funding of free sanitary products in secondary schools, UK education unions deeply regret that he did not address the national school funding crisis.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2019 9th International Summit on the Teaching Profession looks into the future of teaching and learning
Education International has opened the sessions making a strong case for the role of teachers in shaping the future of public quality education systems for all.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2019 European education union leaders in solidarity with Dutch colleagues
The Committee of the Education International’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education, has called on the public authorities of Netherlands to ensure decent working conditions and salaries for Dutch educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 February 2019 USA: Denver teachers fight against austerity
For the first time in 25 years teachers are walking off the job in Denver, Colorado, demanding better working conditions and a fair compensation system.
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Union renewal and development 2 February 2019 The new World Bank classroom performance tool does not pass the test
Educators are voicing their concern over a new classroom observation tool from the World Bank which supposedly improves teaching practices.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 January 2019 “Is the World Bank taking the right approach to ensure #successfulteachers?”, by David Edwards
David Edwards
Critical questions on the Bank’s new classroom observation tool, Teach.
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Standards and working conditions 11 January 2019 USA: #RedForEd Day of Action demonstrates unwavering support for public schools
Teachers and educators in the state of California have joined the wave of strikes under the slogan RedForEd demanding a better support for public schools, colleagues and students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 December 2018 #UDHR70 - “Teachers must feel safe for educating free generations”, by Özgür Bozdogan
Özgür Bozdogan
After the failed coup attempt on 15th of July, 2016, in Turkey, a state of emergency was declared on the 20th of July. The state of emergency was used to attack all opposition groups. This power grab was used to obtain further power as the Government issued decrees which enabled...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 December 2018 #UDHR70 - "Education in a country in conflict", by Etienne-Paulin Songoli
Etienne-Paulin Songoli
Human rights are an on-going issue for the education sector in the Central African Republic. These issues concern both the status of the teaching staff and the quality of the infrastructure and teaching methods.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 November 2018 TVET, capabilities and social justice, by Leesa Wheelahan
Leesa Wheelahan
What is technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and what does it do? This can be a hard question to answer because there isn’t a lot of agreement about what it does, what it should do, who should pay for it, how it should be offered, and whether it...
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Union renewal and development 19 October 2018 EI announces winner of education prize
The Education International Executive Board, meeting in Brussels, announced that Curtis Riep is the winner of the Albert Shanker Education Award.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 October 2018 Germany: shortcomings in schools in terms of digitisation
A new Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft’s study on the quality of educational institutions concludes that German schools are not ready for digitisation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 October 2018 EI endorses Draft Treaty on Copyright Exceptions in Education
At the recent Fifth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, Education International was one of the endorsing parties of a draft global treaty in support of better copyright legislation for education and research.
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Standards and working conditions 28 September 2018 Burundi: Despite the crisis, STEB has been able to develop the skills of new union leaders
The Syndicat Libre des Travailleurs de l'Enseignement du Burundi (STEB) has been able to train 360 new union leaders throughout the country with financial support from Education International.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2018 Iraq: New residential neighbourhood for teachers secured by union
Land for teachers’ housing has been made available in the Kalar district of Iraq, thanks to the efforts of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2018 Uganda: 22,000 teachers to be recruited for quality education
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union calls on the Government to urgently finance the recruitment of 22,000 primary school teachers and provide them with decent working and living conditions. It is the only way to provide quality education for all.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 August 2018 Lesotho: public authorities must act on education unions’ concerns
Education International has supported its Lesotho’s affiliates striking to protest the government’s refusal to consider their legitimate demands concerning teacher professional issues and the achievement of quality education for all.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2018 Iraq: teacher union expands to better advocate for quality public education
The opening of a new headquarters for its branch in the centre of the Iraqi Chamchamal region represents a golden opportunity for the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union to highlight the importance of providing quality education for all in the country and renew its commitment to ensure it.
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