Articles from United States of America
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Union renewal and development 12 September 2016 USA: Trump’s proposed education cuts detrimental to students and teachers
US education unions have expressed serious concerns at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s announcement that he will reduce the education budget by US$20 billion.
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Standards and working conditions 3 August 2016 US: new study reveals that unions boost quality of education
Teachers’ unions do not overprotect tenured teachers, according to a recent study, in fact they create a net positive for educational quality by contributing to increased teacher quality and higher educational attainment for students.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 August 2016 USA: Teachers reach out after Orlando massacre
Teacher unions and trade unions in the United States are working togetherto provide support and resources to the Orlando community after the mass shooting at a night club in June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2016 EI President commends the AFT for its 100 years of championing quality public education
Education International's President Susan Hopgood joined the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American Federation of Teachers, thanking the education union “for setting an important example”, and “fighting for the public school, for equity and for democratic values”.
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Union renewal and development 19 July 2016 USA: AFT endorses Clinton as it marks centenary
The American Federation of Teachers kicked-off its 84th Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota by welcoming Hillary Rodham Clinton. The AFT supports Clinton to be elected as President of the United States in November.
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Union renewal and development 7 July 2016 The NEA unites as historic US presidential election looms large
The message of solidarity was sombre but clear in Washington, D.C. as the National Education Association's LGBTQ Caucus honoured the 49 lives lost in Orlando last month to open the 154th Representative Assembly.
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Union renewal and development 6 July 2016 USA: Democratic nominee Clinton makes her presidential pitch to teachers
Speaking to 7,000 delegates at the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly, Hillary Clinton passionately laid out her education vision to America’s largest union as she looks to gain support ahead of November’s election.
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Equity and inclusion 13 June 2016 Global solidarity, love and understanding on display in the wake of Orlando massacre
Nothing can undo the damage inflicted upon the hundreds of lives instantly shattered by the trigger of a gun, but one man’s hate cannot withstand the outpouring of support offered around the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 April 2016 Good news for California teachers as appeals court rules in favour of tenure
Students, teachers and their unions have reason to celebrate after an appeals court reversed an earlier decision that severely weakened teacher tenure, stating that protecting teachers’ jobs does not rob students of quality education.
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Standards and working conditions 30 March 2016 USA: Major court victory for unions
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of public employee unions, rejecting a conservative attack on the basis of the fees collected from non-members.
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Standards and working conditions 30 March 2016 USA: Major court victory for unions
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of public employee unions, rejecting a conservative attack on the basis of the fees collected from non-members.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 March 2016 Pearson: wrong strategical approach, unions fear
A coalition of shareholders, led by US and British unions whose pension funds hold stock in the company, have voiced concern that the global education publisher and provider Pearson is building its business strategy on an “over-reliance” on educational testing.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 February 2016 USA: Teachers, students and parents stage massive walk-ins for public schools
Teachers across the US “reclaimed” their public schools in a mass coordinated mobilisation to throw the spotlight on the challenges facing public education and solutions needed to address them.
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Equity and inclusion 13 January 2016 USA: educators play key role in combatting human trafficking
American education unions are taking the fight against human trafficking to the classroom, with a toolkit designed to help teachers recognise and act in case a student is suspected of being a victim.
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Equity and inclusion 8 December 2015 USA: Court upholds decision to award Filipino teachers in forced labour case
The Ninth Circuit court has upheld the decision to award $4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers who were forced into exploitive contracts by a Los Angeles teacher placement company.
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Union renewal and development 30 October 2015 Obama’s admission that high-stakes testing doesn’t work a positive step forward
This week’s announcement by the American president that he and his administration acknowledge that current high-stakes standardized testing does not work may be the first step to returning quality learning to classrooms.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 October 2015 More shooting horror on a US college campus
A young lone gunman killed nine people at an American college - Umpqua Community College in Roseburg on Thursday morning.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 August 2015 United States: Education Support Personnel hit hard by budget cuts
The educaction community in the United States highlights a worrying trend: shrinking budgets or ending grant money push Education Support Personnel (ESP) into unemployment, reducing overall education employee capacity.
United States: Education Support Personnel hit hard by budget cuts