Articles from United States of America
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 March 2012 USA: Stand with Wisconsin
On 9 March, 2011, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker pushed through a bill stripping unions of their rights. One year onwards, after massive citizen protests, enough signatures have been gathered to force an election to recall Walker.
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Equity and inclusion 24 February 2012 Girls will suffer if rural and indigenous education not funded, say unions
Four Global Union Federations (GUFs) have called for the continued educational empowerment of women, especially in light of the economic crisis. The GUFs are jointly lobbying the governments that will come together in New York for the 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) from...
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Standards and working conditions 8 February 2012 United States: Education support professionals fight for school modernisation
According to the US Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics, the average age of public school buildings in the United States is 42 years, with almost half being built between 1950 and 1969. Many of these buildings have fallen into a state of dilapidation, and teachers...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2012 ECE: AFT study shows need for smoother transitions from pre-kindergarten to the elementary level
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s affiliates in the USA, has published a study related to Early Childhood Education (ECE). This report concludes that a smoother transition from pre-kindergarten (pre-K) to the elementary (primary) level is indispensable to the long-term success of students. This is particularly true...
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Standards and working conditions 9 January 2012 Education pays a high price for low teacher pay
One of EI’s US affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA), has reported on a recent cross-country analysis of teacher pay and pupil performance. The study backs up the idea that better teacher pay leads to higher teaching quality and improved student performance.
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Standards and working conditions 21 November 2011 American Education Week Focuses on Commitment to Students and Educators
All around the United States, communities are joining Education International's two affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), this week to celebrate American Education Week. The annual observance, now in its 90th year, honors students’ hard work to learn, recognizes the professionalism and dedication...
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 November 2011 USA: Ohioan voters reject anti-worker law and agenda
EI’s U.S. affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have celebrated the historical vote overwhelmingly repealing Senate Bill 5, a controversial bill signed into law by Governor John Kasich. This legislation was designed to silence the public workers’ voices and strip away their collective...
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Standards and working conditions 21 September 2011 New York Education SummitNew York Education Summit
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Standards and working conditions 9 September 2011 Obama responds to union challenge on jobs by promising to invest in education
In a passionate address to both houses of Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled his plan to reenergize job creation in the stagnant U.S. economy. The president proposed a major investment in the nation’s infrastructure, including a fund to help modernize America’s school buildings – an idea strongly supported...
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Standards and working conditions 6 September 2011 North American teachers celebrate Labour Day
Teachers across Canada and the USA have used the annual Labour Day celebration, which falls on the first Monday of September, to honour the social and economic achievements of workers.
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Standards and working conditions 9 August 2011 USA: Education workers demonstrate against privatisation
Thousands of students, teachers and education advocates from across the USA have gathered in the capital, Washington DC, for the ‘Save Our Schools’ march and rally to demonstrate against privatisation and to stand up for public schools.
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Standards and working conditions 6 July 2011 USA: NEA Representative Assembly votes to defend public education
Delegates at EI’s largest affiliate, the National Education Association (NEA), have debated and approved a number of policies that will help the union and its members fight back against attacks on public education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 June 2011 USA: Education union vows to back Obama to defend education
With the United States presidential elections a little over a year away, EI’s largest U.S. affiliate, the National Education Association (NEA), has set out proposals for a strategy to invest $60 million into a campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama.
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Standards and working conditions 31 May 2011 Wisconsin ‘budget bill’ struck down by court
The controversial Wisconsin law which proposed to take away most collective bargaining rights from public workers has been struck down by a circuit court judge. However, the ruling will not be the final say in the union fight that brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets this year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 March 2011 Collective action against mendacious attacks
A New Year’s pledge from hardline Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, to remove teachers’ collective bargaining rights, as well as their health benefits and pension entitlements, has brought thousands of pro-union demonstrators on to the streets in all 50 U.S. states in solidarity with the Wisconsin unions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 March 2011 EI General Secretary tells Summit 'nations are built on public schools'
At the International Summit on the Teaching Profession, EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has told participants of a "global consensus that the teaching profession is the most crucial in-school factor to achieving high quality education."
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Standards and working conditions 18 March 2011 Sixteen countries and regions convened for first ever international summit on the teaching profession to promote building, developing and sustaining world class teaching force
Teachers, education leaders and policymakers from rapidly improving and high-performing nations and regions shared common challenges and best practices
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Standards and working conditions 17 March 2011 EI and affiliates join international summit on teaching profession
Leaders of EI affiliates have joined their national education minister counterparts in a Summit on the Future of the Teaching Profession organised by EI, the OECD and U.S. Department of Education in New York City, from 16-17 March.
EI and affiliates join international summit on teaching profession