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Equity and inclusion 26 March 2025 Education unions around the world stand in solidarity with educators in the United States as they rise to oppose attacks on education and democracy
Education International member organisations in the United States – the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) – continue to receive an outpouring of support from education unionists across the globe. The U.S. unions are joining forces to resist the unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 March 2025 United States: Trump administration slashes Department of Education workforce in continued attack on public education, teachers, and students
As part of his continued attack on the right to education in the United States, the Trump Administration enacted a series of severe cuts to the Department of Education, including laying off close to half of the agency's workforce. The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s plans to gut...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 March 2025 United States: Massive day of action to protect children’s right to quality education!
On March 4th, educators, students, parents and community allies stood up against assaults on public education and on opportunity for America’s youth. They called on lawmakers to strengthen, not undermine, local public schools and the services they provide to children, families and communities. Over 2,000 union events were held and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 February 2025 United States: Education unions rally to oppose Trump education policies
The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) are mobilizing against the education policies of the new Trump administration which include abolishing the crucial Department of Education, giving access to the private data of millions to an unaccountable billionaire, and expanding private education at the expense...
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Democracy 12 February 2025 United States: Education unions denounce Trump's attacks on students, teachers, schools, academic freedom, civil rights, public education, democracy, and even school lunches for vulnerable children
Educators in the United States are standing up to an avalanche of measures by the new administration of President Donald Trump, who has put privatization, dismantling the Department of Education, attacking immigrant students and families, abolishing civil rights, and restricting academic freedom at the core of his education agenda.
United States: Education unions denounce Trump's attacks on students, teachers, schools, academic freedom, civil rights, public education, democracy, and even school lunches for vulnerable children -
Standards and working conditions 7 February 2025 Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America
David Robinson
To fulfil their mission of preserving, sharing, and advancing knowledge, higher education institutions must ensure that academic staff enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom isn’t a special perk or privilege. Rather, it’s a necessary condition for the job. It is a professional and contractual right ensuring that in their teaching, research,...
Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America
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