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  1. Leading the profession 26 July 2023

    Teachers gather in Brasilia to show what is possible when united through learning circles

    On the 25th and 26th of July 2023, the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment project held an in-person seminar in collaboration with the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE) for all participants based in Brazil. The meeting, held in Brasilia, was a powerful representation of what teachers can...

    Teachers gather in Brasilia to show what is possible when united through learning circles
  2. Leading the profession 25 July 2023

    Working with teachers in classrooms to build bottom-up evaluation practices in Brazil

    On the 25th and 26th of July 2023, the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment project held an in-person seminar in collaboration with the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE) for all participants based in Brazil. The meeting, held in Brasilia, was a powerful representation of what teachers and...

    Working with teachers in classrooms to build bottom-up evaluation practices in Brazil
  3. Leading the profession 24 July 2023

    Happy 30th anniversary, Education International!

    A panel discussion on 14 July brought together Education International (EI) President Susan Hopgood, EI General Secretary Emeritus Fred van Leeuwen, and EI co-founder Robert Harris to reflect on the creation of Education International and take stock of the progress accomplished by the global federation representing teachers and education support...

    Happy 30th anniversary, Education International!
  4. Leading the profession 20 July 2023

    Brazilian teachers highlight that work in learning circles must be supported by policy change

    The Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project continues to progress in Brazil, with the aim of providing teachers with the space to identify, test and develop formative assessment practices that respond to the unique learning needs of students in classrooms across the country.

    Brazilian teachers highlight that work in learning circles must be supported by policy change
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2023

    Australia: Better access to higher education for Indigenous students in major reform of the sector

    The Australian government has announced a set of reforms aiming to increase access to higher education for Indigenous students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. All Indigenous students will be guaranteed a Commonwealth-supported place at the university of their choice.

    Australia: Better access to higher education for Indigenous students in major reform of the sector
  6. Leading the profession 18 July 2023

    Iraq: Respect educators and pay decent pensions!

    In the Iraqi region of Kurdistan retired public educators are a forgotten group. The President of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) Abdulwahid Muhammad Haje calls for increased pensions and better living conditions for them.

    Iraq: Respect educators and pay decent pensions!
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 17 July 2023

    Tunisia: the government must respect the trade union rights of primary school teachers

    In a letter of protest dated 13 July 2023 addressed to Tunisian Education Minister Ali Mohamed Al Boughdiri, Education International (EI) condemned the salary penalties imposed on teacher trade unionists calling for better funding of education in their country.

    Tunisia: the government must respect the trade union rights of primary school teachers
  8. Leading the profession 17 July 2023

    Education International’s Executive Board: World Congress, 30 years of mobilising, artificial intelligence in education, addressing the global teacher shortage

    The Education International Executive Board met online on July 6 and July 14. EI’s 9th World Congress held online on July 11 to 13, as well as the organisation’s strategy on the use of artificial intelligence in education, and the launch of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession...

    Education International’s Executive Board: World Congress, 30 years of mobilising, artificial intelligence in education, addressing the global teacher shortage
  9. Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2023

    Record high level of workers’ rights violations in 2023, Global Rights Index reports

    Nine out of 10 countries violated the right to strike in 2023. 77% of countries excluded workers from establishing or joining trade unions. The 2023 Global Rights Index, launched on 30 June 2023, highlights the injustices faced by workers globally and the status of the countries with the highest violations...

    Record high level of workers’ rights violations in 2023, Global Rights Index reports
  10. Leading the profession 14 July 2023

    9th Education International World Congress: A testimony to the education professionals’ persistence

    From July 11th–13th Education International (EI) member organisations around the world came together the 9th EI World Congress around the theme of ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’ Top education unionists representing 32 million educators in 381 unions in 178 countries met online to determine the policies, principles...

    9th Education International World Congress: A testimony to the education professionals’ persistence
  11. Leading the profession 13 July 2023

    9th World Congress: Increasing education budgets to develop a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world

    From July 11th–13th Education International's member organisations around the world came together around the theme of ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’ On the third and final day, the delegates committed to continue their engagement with EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign which calls on governments to invest...

    9th World Congress: Increasing education budgets to develop a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world
  12. Leading the profession 12 July 2023

    9th World Congress: Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy

    From July 11th–13th Education International's member organisations around the world are coming together around the theme of ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’ On the second day of EI's 9th World Congress , education union delegates adopted several enabling resolutions which were brought about in relation to the...

    9th World Congress: Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy
  13. Leading the profession 11 July 2023

    EI 9th World Congress: Educators connect to defend public education and elevate the profession

    Union delegates representing Education International (EI) member organisations around the globe connected online to participate in the EI 9th World Congress , from July 11th–13th with the theme ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’

    EI 9th World Congress: Educators connect to defend public education and elevate the profession
  14. Leading the profession 10 July 2023

    EI's 9th World Congress: Beyond the pandemic, educators and their unions continue to make a difference worldwide

    Education International (EI) General Secretary, David Edwards presented his Progress Report at the 9th EI World Congress, the first-ever World Congress held online, where union delegates representing EI member organisations around the globe are connecting from July 11th–13th around the theme of ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’

    EI's 9th World Congress: Beyond the pandemic, educators and their unions continue to make a difference worldwide
  15. Leading the profession 10 July 2023

    Educators must use their power to mobilise their unions, communities, and the world for quality education

    Education International (EI) President Susan Hopgood has formally opened the EI 9th World Congress , the first-ever World Congress held online, where union delegates representing EI member organisations across the globe the world will meet from July 11th–13th around the theme of ‘Growing our unions, elevating our professions, defending democracy.’

    Educators must use their power to mobilise their unions, communities, and the world for quality education
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023

    Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

    From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.

    Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
  17. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2023

    Go Public! Advocating for progressive taxation to fund public education in Nepal

    Education leaders and representatives from civil society came together at a three-day capacity building workshop in Nepal with a pressing agenda: to address the urgent need for increased domestic funding in the country's public education system. Their primary objective was to strengthen public education financing and advocate for the implementation...

    Go Public! Advocating for progressive taxation to fund public education in Nepal