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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 November 2015 Teachers’ voice injected into 2030 education agenda
On the eve of high-level talks in Paris aimed at adopting a framework to implement the Education 2030 Agenda, an Education International teacher delegation gathered in advance to prepare for the big meeting.
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Equity and inclusion 3 November 2015 UNICEF: number of children in Iraq without access to school reaches two million
The findings of the latest report from the United Nations Children’s Fund are damning, revealing that the number of children in Iraq with no access to school could surpass three million due to unrelenting violence.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 November 2015 Charting the new path to an education for all begins in Paris
World leaders and civil society organisations are heading to Paris this week to adopt a new global framework for education in the hopes of accomplishing the unfinished business of education for all before 2030.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2015 Nigerian army frees 192 abducted children from Boko Haram
Three hundred eight people, including 192 children, have been rescued by the Nigerian army during a raid targeting terrorist group Boko Haram, though none of the 219 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are among those freed.
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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 29 October 2015 South Korea: government threatens to take control over history textbooks used in schools
Korean teacher unionists are facing disciplinary measures for requesting the withdrawal of a proposed government measure to take full government control over the contents of history textbooks.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2015 Burundi: teachers’ perilous working conditions to be addressed
Amid political and social unrest, Burundi’s teachers’ union is working closely with Education International to both counter the government’s harassment of teachers as well as enhance the safety of their working conditions.
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Equity and inclusion 27 October 2015 Australia’s education system still plagued by inequality
A new report has revealed that Australia’s schools lack the funding to keep up with the needs of a growing student population, and among those especially hit hard and left behind come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Equity and inclusion 26 October 2015 Report: too many barriers preventing gender parity in education
With 62 million girls still denied their right to basic education, the new Gender Summary of the Education For All Global Monitoring Report makes it clear that gender parity in education is far from reality.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 October 2015 South Africa’s president backs down from raising university tuition
President Jacob Zuma has reversed his decision to raise tuition fees in 2016 amid major student protests that have swept across the country in opposition to a proposed 11.5 percent hike.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 22 October 2015 UK families forced to choose between school uniforms and food
A UK report shows that the mounting cost of school uniforms has led to the families of more than one million children to cut back on food spending and basic essentials.
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Climate action and literacy 22 October 2015 Critical moment reached before global climate negotiations kick-off
With time ticking away before the world’s leaders meet in Paris in December to strike a new climate deal, sustainable development education is one step closer to becoming a reality in curriculum around the world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 October 2015 Swedish teacher and student are killed in school sword attack
A teacher and a student have been killed and at least two others are reported injured after a man wielding a sword carried out an attack in a school cafe in south-west Sweden.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2015 Nigeria remembers killed and displaced teachers
Nigerian teachers know all too well how dangerous their work has become, which is why their union used World Teachers’ Day to remember the 600 killed and 19,000 displaced among their ranks.
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Leading the profession 20 October 2015 World Statistics Day cuts through the rhetoric and focuses on the facts that drive decisions
Although statistics may not spark everyone’s interest, the importance of data and its role in shaping decisions and policies is indisputable, and when it comes to education the stats don’t lie.
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Union growth 20 October 2015 Serbia: trade union struggle contributes to ending discrimination against female public servants
In a decision being applauded by the Teachers’ Union of Serbia, the country’s constitutional court has overturned a law limiting employees in the public sector that specifically targeted and discriminated women.
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Standards and working conditions 19 October 2015 WTD: Global celebration of teachers
Across the world, Education International’s affiliates marked World Teachers’ Day with a vast variety of events and projects, from school plays to parades and conferences to celebrate the heads of the class.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 October 2015 Striking a balance between technology and quality teaching and learning
At the first-ever Global Education Industry Summit, education stakeholders are exploring the opportunities offered by innovation in teaching and learning and to discuss a framework for ensuring quality and equity amid rapid technological advance.
Striking a balance between technology and quality teaching and learning