We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.
The 2018 World Development Report marks an important milestone—for the first time in 40 years the World Bank’s dominant research publication is dedicated to education.
#WDR2018 Reality Check #1: A Guide to Reading the Rhetoric
The aftermath of the horrific bombing of Mogadishu is being felt far from the capital as the education community expresses solidarity for colleagues lost in the violent act which has left hundreds dead.
Education International mourns the loss of Somali teachers and students
Education International is currently carrying out an extensive and ground-breaking worldwide survey that explores teachers’ realities and perceptions globally.
EI consults teachers globally on professional status
Asia-Pacific education union leaders reiterated their commitment to quality education for all, working towards countering for-profit education privatisation, increasing teacher professionalism and demanding respect for educators’ human and trade union rights.
Education International’s Asia-Pacific leaders gather to tackle regional challenges
With the Asia Pacific region facing serious challenges to its education system, educators in the region have gathered to focus on the future, sharpen their analysis and decide a common ground for action.
Asia Pacific: Educators determined to lead transformative change
From Uganda to Canada, Spain to New Zealand, educators worldwide have celebrated their profession, asking for more freedom and autonomy to deliver quality education to all.
World Teachers Day is celebrated in every corner of the world
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Latin America
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The World Bank’s new education report reveals “a superficial and incoherent effort” that “brushes over complex issues, oversimplifies recommendations and opts for broad generalizations that should make even the most well-intentioned finance minister scratch her head.”
EI’s Initial Reaction to the release of the Bank’s World Development Report on Education
The Mexican union SNTE, an Education International member in Mexico, is providing crucial rescue and relief assistance to the communities struck by the earthquakes of the past few weeks.
Mexican teachers show their solidarity after the catastrophe
Representatives from Education International and its member organisations have stressed the links between quality education and open educational resources at the second Open Educational Resources conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
EI promotes quality open educational resources
A new school year is meant to be filled with anticipation and excitement, but in Spain government financial gridlock has the teachers’ union FECCOO warning of rising inequalities and cracks in the country’s education system.
Spain: frozen investment and reduced budgets overshadow the new school year