Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
4 June 2020
International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2020: Teachers recognised as the heroes of the Covid-19 crisis in education
The 10th edition of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) took place on 2 June 2020, in a webinar format. Co-hosted by Education International and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the ISTP brought together education ministers and education unions for a discussion on the impact...
"10 years of ISTP – what governments and unions can achieve together", by Andreas Schleicher and David Edwards
David Edwards,
Andreas Schleicher
Ten years ago, Education International and the OECD began co-hosting with various countries an altogether unique, (somewhat unlikely) but critically necessary convening of ministers of education and heads of teachers’ unions. The purpose was to support an informed and honest policy dialogue between and among elected representatives of the teaching...