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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 April 2014 UNESCO announces new director of EFA Global Monitoring Report
UNESCO has announced that Dr. Aaron Benavot is the new Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR). Dr Benavot brings decades of experience in global education policy and comparative research to the Report team, including four years as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Report. He...
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Union renewal and development 2 April 2014 EI Asia-Pacific Regional Committee highlights quality education and development cooperation
Quality education, fighting the privatisation of education, and deepening development cooperation work – these were the issues under the spotlight at EI’s Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Committee meeting on 2-3 March in New Delhi, India.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 April 2014 OECD report highlights the importance of creative problem-solving skills
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) argues that in modern societies, all of life is problem-solving. Changes in society, the environment, and in technology mean that the content of applicable knowledge evolves rapidly. Adapting, learning, daring to try out new things and always being ready to learn from...
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Union renewal and development 28 March 2014 Quality education at heart of International Summit on the Teaching Profession
“Excellence, Equity and Inclusiveness – High quality teaching for all” is the theme of the fourth International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2014 (ISTP) being held in Wellington, New Zealand, on 28-29 March 2014
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 March 2014 Iceland: No end in sight to ongoing strike
Icelandic high-school and technical school teachers have now been on strike for nine days. Negotiations are faltering, due to a government offer on 25 March that was lower than what was offered the week prior to the strike. A new high school law will be implemented in 2015, but Iceland’s...
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Union growth 26 March 2014 USA: New study celebrates EI founder and international impact of teacher union
Education International has welcomed the release of a new report celebrating the work and legacy of one of its founding presidents, Albert Shanker.
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Union growth 25 March 2014 Social dialogue in public services to be discussed at the ILO
An EI delegation will discuss how to strengthen collective bargaining rights for public employees in a forum convened by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). From 2-3 April, representatives of workers, governments, and employers will make recommendations for future action to the ILO and its constituents.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 Nigeria: Education union opposes competency test for teachers
The National President of EI national affiliate the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Michael Olukoya, has criticised the competency test for teachers introduced in Edo State as a scheme “to eliminate teachers”.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 UK: Unions oppose changes to Ofsted inspection system
The Association of Teachers and Lecturer's (ATL), the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), all three affiliated to EI, have expressed their opposition to the changes to the Ofsted inspection system. The changes were announced on 21 March by the...
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Courage and determinationCourage and determination
Graham Clayton
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 Policy and AdvocacyPolicy and Advocacy
Diane Woloschuk
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Achieving gender equalityAchieving gender equality
Datin Mahathir
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Optimal conditionsOptimal conditions
Nina Bascia
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Teacher unions and governmentsTeacher unions and governments
John Bangs
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Looking beyond simply scoresLooking beyond simply scores
Dennis van Roekel
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Teacher Policy and High Quality EducationTeacher Policy and High Quality Education
Dennis Shirley
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Union renewal and development 25 March 2014 Sustaining and enhancing the confidence of teachersSustaining and enhancing the confidence of teachers
Fred van Leeuwen
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 Publication des résultats du Projet TIC
Les résultats du projet du CSEE intitulé «Les syndicats d’enseignants luttent contre l’abandon scolaire prématuré par l’utilisation des Technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) dans l’éducation » ont été diffusés la semaine dernière.
Publication des résultats du Projet TIC