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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2014 PISA 2012: Financial literacy deficit among students
Many young people are confused by money matters, according to the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2014 Latin America: Latin American Regional Committee reviews Pedagogical Movement
At a meeting last week of EI’s Latin America’s (EILA) Regional Committee, which includes representatives from 12 Latin American countries, Fred van Leeuwen, EI’s General Secretary, highlighted the progress made by the Latin American Pedagogical Movement, in particular the mass mobilisation in the region at every level, from leaders to...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) meets in Los Angeles, California, US for its biennial convention - the most important policymaking body of the federation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Australia: Senate backs Gonski funding for full six-year period
The Australian Education Union has called on Prime Minister Tony abbot to follow the recommendations of a Senate inquiry and reverse his decision to abandon the final two years of Gonski funding.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 July 2014 UK: Teachers to strike as government ignores demands for decent work and living conditions
Teachers across the UK are set to strike tomorrow in protest of the government’s education policies, which they argue ignore both the in-classroom and financial burdens facing today’s educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2014 Australia: Cuts to Gonski funding detrimental to public education
The Australian government’s cuts to Gonski funding will rip AUS$2.67 billion out of public schools, equivalent to 20,000 teachers, according to new research highlighted by the Australian Education Union (AEU), one of Education International’s national affiliates.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 July 2014 Tajikistan: Union builds access to quality inclusive schools in remote regions
Teachers are working towards increasing access and opportunities to quality education in the country’s dense mountainous areas where children and especially girls are denied a place in the classroom.
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Equity and inclusion 7 July 2014 Locked out: Privatised education leaves girls and women behind
A new global report shows that girls and women are suffering the consequences of rising privatised education around the world, leaving them on the outside of the classroom looking in.
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Equity and inclusion 7 July 2014 Locked out: Privatised education leaves girls and women behind
A new global report shows that girls and women are suffering the consequences of rising privatised education around the world, leaving them on the outside of the classroom looking in.
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Union growth 7 July 2014 Lithuania: ETUCE strikes deal with Prime Minister
Raising their voices to be heard loud and clear, thousands of teachers demonstrated in front of government offices to put an end to five years of salary freezes in the education sector.
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Union renewal and development 5 July 2014 United States: three women to lead NEA
The National Education Association (NEA) has elected a new leadership during its 93rd Representative Assembly in Denver, Colorado. Women with Latino and African American backgrounds hold the three top positions.
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Leading the profession 4 July 2014 NEA launches campaign to end toxic testing
The campaign for equity and against toxic testing is preparing to narrow its focus to target assessments and develop real accountability systems to improve education in the United States.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 July 2014 Who says school isn’t creative? Mauritian students embrace learning through the arts
Educators on the Indian Ocean island nation are turning to creativity and the arts as a way to better engage and provide greater opportunities for students with learning difficulties.
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Standards and working conditions 3 July 2014 Norwegian teachers say enough is enough, kick-off July by hitting the picket lines
Classes may not be in session, but members of Union of Education Norway are making sure their powerful message is heard no matter the season.
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Standards and working conditions 3 July 2014 Norwegian teachers say enough is enough, kick-off July by hitting the picket lines
Classes may not be in session, but for members of Union of Education Norway, they’re making sure their powerful message is heard no matter the season.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 July 2014 EI joins the NEA’s Rocky Mountain high party
When nearly 9,000 educators get together in the middle of the summer from all over the United States, free of classroom discipline and lesson plan prep, you know it’s going to be a good party.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 July 2014 Transforming global citizenship from a buzzword into reality
Being labelled a trend is common with music, clothes, and regrettable hairstyles, but when it comes to education trends can have a greater impact than an embarrassing high school graduation photo.
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Equity and inclusion 1 July 2014 Fiji Teachers Union tackles child labour with education
The World Day Against Child Labour threw the spotlight on Fiji, where collective efforts between unions and the International Labour Organization are aiming to use quality education to curb the country’s growing problem.
Fiji Teachers Union tackles child labour with education