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All over the world, education unions, professional associations, teachers, students and parents are celebrating World Teachers Day, with a focus not only on teachers but also on quality education for all.

After more than a year of fighting for a stand-alone goal on education in the post-2015 agenda, EI reached an important milestone in New York last week as the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals met for its final session.

Being labelled a trend is common with music, clothes, and regrettable hairstyles, but when it comes to education trends can have a greater impact than an embarrassing high school graduation photo.

When global leaders in education descend on Europe’s capital this week, they’ll be bringing their cheque books with them, ready to make some hefty financial contributions to see that education for all becomes a reality.

When global leaders in education descend on Europe’s capital this week, they’ll be bringing their cheque books with them, ready to make some hefty financial contributions to see that education for all becomes a reality.

Education and the post-2015 development agenda were the topic of discussion at a United Nations side event in New York City, where Education International had a seat at the table to put teachers in the spotlight.

In the past two years, the countries furthest from reaching the education goals have experienced the hardest cuts, putting development targets out of reach and leaving millions of children out of school, says UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report

Education overcame its latest hurdle to be included as one of the post-2015 development goals leading up to the UN General Assembly in September, where a vote will decide the priorities for the next 15 years.

Education overcame its latest hurdle to be included as one of the post-2015 development goals leading up to the UN General Assembly in September, where a vote will decide the priorities for the next 15 years.

Education International has urged UNESCO and its member states to put teachers at the center of efforts to improve quality education for all in the new global education strategy at the Global Education for All Meeting in Muscat, Oman.

The global learning crisis is costing governments worldwide over $129 billion a year and excluding millions of children from education. Giving support to teachers is key in order to overcome this, according to the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) of 2014.