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News 13 August 2014 UN opens call for courageous youth nominees
For the second consecutive year, the world’s top young leaders in education will be recognised by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education.
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News 14 July 2014 New EURYDICE Report: Financing Schools in Europe
The report Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding provides a framework for understanding the structure of funding systems of primary and general secondary education.
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News 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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News 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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News 25 June 2014 Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking
The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is the key to high quality education.
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News 25 June 2014 Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking
The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is the key to high quality education.
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News 25 June 2014 Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers
The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is crucial to high quality education.
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News 13 June 2014 USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack
America’s biggest teachers’ unions are voicing their opposition to a California Superior Court’s decision to strip teachers of tenure, a ruling that found the laws intended to protect educators are in fact unconstitutional.
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News 3 June 2014 Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has launched the Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award. Only organisations with whom CTF has a current or recent (past five years) partnership are eligible to apply and earn C$1,000 to carry out its proposed World Teachers’ Day (WTD) activities.
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News 3 June 2014 Ghana: Teachers mobilise for better conditions
Hundreds of members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), one of EI’s national affiliates in Ghana, together with the Concerned Teachers Association of Ghana, staged a massive demonstration in Kumasi on 20 May to protest against poor working conditions.
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News 30 April 2014 Teacher unions central to 21st century education
“Teacher unions are instrumental in improving the quality of education and empowering teachers and support personnel” was the message Education International made loud and clear to European leaders in education and government.
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News 25 April 2014 AFT president lashes out at Pearson tests following Times Op-Ed
A principal’s opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing standardized testing in US schools has invoked a fierce reaction of support from the top of one of America’s biggest teachers’ unions.
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News 23 April 2014 France: Government renews its pledge to reform education
The new French Prime Minister says he will forge ahead with promised education reforms as three national teachers’ unions challenged his government to put quality education at the top of his agenda.
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News 11 April 2014 Icelandic social partners in education end labour dispute with successful result
On 4 April 2014, a new agreement ended the recent conflict between the Icelandic EI member organisation Kennarasamband Islands (KI) and the Icelandic government. In the background of the dispute which lasted for three weeks and culminated in several days of strike of the upper secondary teachers, there was the...
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News 13 March 2014 OECD: Education policies report to be launched at 2014 ISTP
A report, “Equity, Excellence and Inclusiveness – policy lessons from around the world”, will be presented at the fourth International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2014 (ISTP). The report, which underpins the summit, will be presented by Andreas Schleicher, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Deputy Director for...
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News 12 March 2014 Cameroon: Unions still waiting for improvements in working conditions
EI’s national affiliates in Cameroon, the Fédération camerounaise des syndicats de l’Education(FECASE), the Fédération des syndicats de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche(FESER) and the Syndicat des travailleurs des établissements scolaires privés du Cameroun(SYNTESPRIC), have called on teachers to take action to improve their status and working conditions.
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News 24 February 2014 Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!
EI welcomes UNESCO’s new initiative, #TeacherTuesday. Over the next 10 Tuesdays, starting on 25 February, 10 teachers from 10 countries will share their stories with a global blogging network. UNESCO will release the stories of teachers who have taught through fighting in Syria, grappled with multilingual classrooms in Ecuador, fought...
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News 24 February 2014 Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!
EI welcomes UNESCO’s new initiative, #TeacherTuesday. Over the next 10 Tuesdays, starting on 25 February, 10 teachers from 10 countries will share their stories with a global blogging network. UNESCO will release the stories of teachers who have taught through fighting in Syria, grappled with multilingual classrooms in Ecuador, fought...
Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!