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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 February 2016 UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education visits EI
Education International was honoured this week to receive a visit to its Brussels headquarters by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Kishore Singh.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 February 2016 The European Parliament takes a stand to exclude education from TiSA
The European Parliament has demanded that public services, including education, be excluded from the Trade in Services Agreement in its recommendations to the European Commission.
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Union growth 4 February 2016 In war-torn Syria, funding for education is the only hope for out-of-school children
Five years into the Syrian conflict, 2.1 million children have lost their schools, while another 700 thousand are struggling abroad as refugees without access to education.
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Standards and working conditions 3 February 2016 Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately
Education International has strongly protested to the Iraqi Prime Minister about the ongoing delays in the payment of teachers’ salaries in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Standards and working conditions 1 February 2016 New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory
After a decades-long fight, thousands of teachers will benefit from a new national professional pathways plan that includes professional development, higher wages and fewer contact hours.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Challenges to public education systems globallyChallenges to public education systems globally
Dennis van Roekel
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Always Learning
Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan, Bob Lingard
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Commercialization of education in the PhilippinesCommercialization of education in the Philippines
Curtis B. Riep
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Reforms and teachersReforms and teachers
Antoni Verger
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 When Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not GoWhen Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not Go
Susan Robertson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Market Fundamentalism Deforms EducationMarket Fundamentalism Deforms Education
Steve Klees
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Blended Learning is the Next Ed Tech RevolutionBlended Learning is the Next Ed Tech Revolution
Phillip McRae
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Selling out the Right to Quality Public Education for All
Carol Anne Spreen
In this issue we bring together scholars, educators and advocates who have been working with EI in a global anti-privatisation effort. These scholars are working around the world to raise awareness about how and why education is being placed in the hands of corporations or “edu-preneurs”, instead of educators. The...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Strengthening Our Public Education SystemsStrengthening Our Public Education Systems
Fred van Leeuwen
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2016 Tanzania makes secondary education free for all
Marking a major win for public education, the Tanzanian government has implemented a new policy making secondary education free for all, and in doing so removes all required fees to go to school.
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Union renewal and development 29 January 2016 Uganda: teachers get ‘teched out’ to improve teaching and learning
Teachers in Northern Uganda are set to use information and communication technologies to improve the way they teach and their students learn, following a donation of equipment they received from Education International and Oxfam Novib.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 January 2016 Global teacher unions say ‘no’ to Trans-Pacific Partnership
Led by Education International, teacher unions are urging their governments to carve-out education from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on the eve of the official signing.
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Union renewal and development 28 January 2016 Online course on workers’ rights open for students across the globe
An eight-week online course giving students from around the world the chance to earn a higher education certificate on Worker’s Rights in the Global Economy, a blend of economics, human rights and international law.
Online course on workers’ rights open for students across the globe