Ei-iE

Leading the profession

Teachers and education support personnel know what works in education. They must be recognised and empowered to deliver on the promise of quality education for all.

At the classroom level, academic freedom and professional autonomy are prerequisites for quality teaching and learning. As professionals, teachers must be afforded the space and trust to make the best possible decisions for their students.

Beyond the classroom, education policy must be informed by the vast experience and insights only education professionals can provide. We advocate for the involvement of teachers, education support personnel and their representative organisations in all decision-making in education and work towards the expansion of sectoral policy dialogue at all levels and in all countries.

Our work in this area

  1. Statements 1 December 2014

    Policy Statement on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

    EI's 9th International Further and Higher Education and Research Conference | Brussels, November 2014

    Preamble Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, represent the latest effort to harness new information and communication technologies to provide higher education. Supporters of MOOCs portray them as an inexpensive and innovative way of delivering content to a vast audience. Increasingly, some see the potential for profits to be made...

    Policy Statement on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
  2. News 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.

    NEA launches campaign to end toxic testing
  3. News 28 April 2014

    Migration and austerity under EI Research Network spotlight

    EI wants free universal quality education for all to be a key priority for governments in the post-2015 agenda. That was the message from EI Deputy General Secretary David Edwards at EI’s 10th annual EI Research Network meeting being held from 28-29 April in Brussels, Belgium.

    Migration and austerity under EI Research Network spotlight
  11. News 25 February 2014

    Uganda: Partners unite for quality educators

    Education partners in Uganda have united to consolidate the gains made to improve quality education in Northern Uganda through the Quality Educators for All (Quality-Ed) project. This commitment was made at a Quality-Ed workshop held in Kampala, from 18-21 February.

    Uganda: Partners unite for quality educators
  12. News 14 January 2014

    Africa: Research key to effective advocacy

    Developing unions’ capacity to undertake research, and broadening existing research activities, across Africa, was the focus of a recent EI Regional Research Network meeting.

    Africa: Research key to effective advocacy
  13. Research

    Study on trends in freedom of association and collective bargaining in the education sector since the financial crisis

    Nora Wintour
    18 September 2013

    Education International commissioned this study to examine trends in freedom of association and collective bargaining in selected countries throughout the world, both in countries which have been deeply affected by the crisis, such as the USA, Spain and Greece, as well as those countries which have continued to enjoy relatively...

    Study on trends in freedom of association and collective bargaining in the education sector since the financial crisis
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  16. 16 April 2013

    Interview to Nina Bascia, University of Toronto

    Nina Bascia is a Professor and Director of the Collaborative Educational Policy Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She is the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on educational change and teachers’ work.

    Interview to Nina Bascia, University of Toronto
  17. News 15 April 2013

    EI Research Network: Improving teacher status and rights

    The status of teachers as well as trends in freedom of association and collective bargaining since the financial and economic crisis were among the topics debated by participants at the 9th EI annual Research Network (ResNet) meeting held in Brussels, Belgium, on 10-11 April, 2013.

    EI Research Network: Improving teacher status and rights
  18. Research

    Global managerial education reforms and teachers

    Edited by Antoni Verger, Hülya Altinyelken Mireille de Koning
    15 January 2013

    The EI Research Institute and the University of Amsterdam IS Academie "Education and Development" have co-published a volume exploring the role that teachers play in global policy processes and the effects of education reforms on teachers' labour and professionalism in seven case study countries, including India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Namibia, Peru,...

    Global managerial education reforms and teachers
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