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News 16 February 2018 UK: Solidarity with education union’s fight over university pensions
Education International’s European region, ETUCE, has sent a message of solidarity to University and College Unions members at 61 UK universities who are due to walk out soon in a dispute over changes to the universities’ pension scheme.
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News 15 February 2018 EI: New podcast marks 25 years of solidarity with education workers
As Education International (EI) celebrates its 25th anniversary, a new podcast helps us look back to past achievements that have helped thousands of teachers deliver quality education, no matter the circumstances.
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News 14 February 2018 The Netherlands: Educators’ Code Red continues
Dutch educators are on strike, demanding decent salaries and a normal workload, and urging the government to clearly and firmly address burn out and a shortage in teachers in primary education.
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News 8 February 2018 UK: Public watchdog marks Government’s card over teacher shortages
UK education unions have urged the government to urgently address the serious teacher supply problem, in light of a report on teacher numbers from the government’s Public Accounts Committee.
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News 2 February 2018 World leaders pledge continued support for education in Dakar
Throughout the day, governments from all around the world made commitments on continued education financing both at home and through contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. At its Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal, governments pledged to continue making funds available to give every child the chance to go to...
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News 2 February 2018 Germany: Research highlights teachers’ excessive working hours
A study commissioned by a teacher union shows that, in Germany, teachers work one hour and 40 minutes longer than other public employees per week, endangering their health.
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News 1 February 2018 #FundEducation: Teachers are essential to achieving quality education
As the Global Partnership for Education meets for its Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal, Education International leaders have stressed the importance of teachers in achieving quality education for all and in meeting the many challenges affecting education systems worldwide.
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Worlds of Education 30 January 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #12:The World Bank and the chalkface: a teacher’s perspective by Jelmer Evers
Jelmer Evers
My colleagues in my school probably know the World Bank quite superficially, at least if they teach economics history, geography or social sciences. For the rest of them I would say there is name recognition, but not much more than that. However, they would recognize its policy, the tone and...
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News 30 January 2018 Canada: Supreme Court finds in favour of teachers and education workers
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada protected teachers’ and public service employees’ collective bargaining rights. The case, brought before the court by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) against the government of the Canadian province of British Columbia, aimed to hold the government to account and honour...
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News 23 January 2018 EI Executive Board to acknowledge the past while looking ahead to the future
In advance of its 25th anniversary, Education International’s 50th Executive Board Meeting convenes in Brussels where leaders are set to make key decisions as a major chapter of the organisation is celebrated.
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News 22 January 2018 EI at heart of new International Education Workforce Initiative
Education International’s President, Susan Hopgood, has been appointed Co-Vice Chair of the Working Group of the newly established International Education Workforce Initiative.
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News 19 January 2018 Education financing crisis sorely missed in World Bank’s Report
Education International has made the voice of the world’s educators heard loud and clear at the Belgian launch of the World Bank’s World Development Report.
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Worlds of Education 16 January 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #10: “We Need More than Just Better Teachers?” by Pasi Sahlberg
Pasi Sahlberg
The World Development report 2018 (WDR2018) is right about the global learning crisis: many children not in school, educational inequity, and low quality of learning outcomes. But it often misses the point when trying to use available evidence to realize education’s promise. The problem is that there are so many...
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News 9 January 2018 UK: Unions call for increased dialogue with new Education Secretary
Following the reshuffle of the UK government by Prime Minister Theresa May, educators have welcomed the nomination of Damian Hinds as Education Secretary, and anticipate an ongoing social dialogue with him.
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News 8 January 2018 Australia: Attack on working conditions linked to teachers’ stress
Australian educators have protested against deteriorating work conditions in the technical and further education sector in Victoria, a direct threat to quality education.
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News 5 January 2018 Partnership needed to increase value accorded to education
Education in Scotland is undervalued, according to a recent study undertaken for Education International, which also stresses that public authorities and education policy makers must work with teachers and their unions on professional and national identity.
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Worlds of Education 19 December 2017 #WDR2018 Reality Check #8: "Unions do contribute to quality education. An example from the Gambia", by Marie Antoinette Corr
Marie Antoinette Corr
The World Development Report 2018 recognises, although briefly, that poor working conditions for teachers can undermine learning (p.138). It argues that the status of the teaching profession has declined over the last few decades, and that as a result, “teachers deserve more from the systems that employ them” (p.138).
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News 14 December 2017 Arab education unions focus on union renewal and quality education
Teacher union leaders in Arab-speaking countries have discussed ways to better engage with young and new teachers and steps necessary to achieve access to quality education for all by 2030 in their region.
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