Articles from United States of America
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Equity and inclusion 10 October 2014 USA: LGBT people pay an ‘unfair price’
Education International (EI) welcomes a landmark report which provides a stark picture of the added financial burdens faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in United States because of discriminatory laws.
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Union growth 9 October 2014 EI calls for release of kidnapped US hostage
Education International joins its US affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, in calling for the safe release of American academic Warren Weinstein, who was abducted in Pakistan by al Qaeda.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 August 2014 USA: Ferguson’s teachers and students seek refuge in the classroom
As schools begin to reopen nearly two weeks late following the police shooting of an unarmed African American man, education is being looked to as a way to heal the wounds inflicted on the city’s students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2014 USA: AFT elects its leaders
Delegates at the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) national convention have voted overwhelmingly to re-elect AFT President Randi Weingarten for a third term. Lorretta Johnson was also re-elected Secretary-Treasurer, and Mary Cathryn Ricker was chosen to succeed Executive Vice-President Francine Lawrence, who plans to retire this year.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2014 Amidst attacks on union rights, American educators rally to defend public education
In an emotionally charged keynote, American Federation of Teachers´ (AFT) President Randi Weingarten called on American teachers to fight forward and fight back.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) meets in Los Angeles, California, US for its biennial convention - the most important policymaking body of the federation.
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Standards and working conditions 13 June 2014 USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack
America’s biggest teachers’ unions are voicing their opposition to a California Superior Court’s decision to strip teachers of tenure, a ruling that found the laws intended to protect educators are in fact unconstitutional.
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Equity and inclusion 30 May 2014 USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools
EI has strongly condemned the fact that 18-year-old Jessica Urbina, who wore a stylist tuxedo in her high school portrait, was told by school officials that her picture would not appear in her class yearbook due to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s rule that girls must appear in dresses for...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 USA: 2015 budget unsatisfactory, say teacher unions
EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have slammed the budgetary proposals contained for 2015 put forward by the House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.
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Union growth 26 March 2014 USA: New study celebrates EI founder and international impact of teacher union
Education International has welcomed the release of a new report celebrating the work and legacy of one of its founding presidents, Albert Shanker.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2014 Education awards call for nominations!
The McGraw Hill Financial Research Foundation has launched an outreach campaign to solicit nominations from the educational community for the 2014 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014 US: Call for Government to increase funds for quality education worldwide
It is time for the United States to consider pledging substantially more to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund. That’s according to the RESULTS Educational Fund, a non-profit citizen’s advocacy organisation based in Washington, D.C., USA. RESULTS is committed to educating the public, the media, and government leaders about...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2013 USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education
EI’s US national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) participated in a hugely successful National Day of Action for public education on 9 December. This was the largest coordinated action to reclaim the promise of public education in the US, under the banner...
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Equity and inclusion 15 October 2013 USA: Union leaders arrested while defending immigrant rights
EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have condemned trade union leaders’ arrests during marches to demand a vote on comprehensive immigration reform in their country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2013 Unite diary: UN meetings focus on education
With little more than 800 days left to reach the Millennium Development Goals, the education focus sharpened dramatically late last week as the UN General Assembly held a special event to review progress made.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2013 Unite Diary: Education Is A Right That Deserves Continuing Global Goal
It was the closing of a meeting here in New York, but it was a teacher union leader and EI speaker that opened the eyes of participants focusing on a simple proposition: education should be a continuing standalone goal for international development.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2013 Unite Diary: Education Focus of Early UN Sessions
The UN General Assembly has kicked off in the near-gridlocked city of New York for a week of meetings and speeches. It’s a critical time for education and Education International is here to voice concerns of the world’s educators; to keep access to quality education for all students high on...
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 September 2013 US: Human rights comes centre stage for students
One of EI’s affiliate in the US, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has developed a useful toolkit designed to help the teaching of human rights in the classroom.
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