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   Go public! Fund education 13 November 2024

   A pact for public education

   In a context of cuts and attacks on public education, the National Federation of Secondary School Teachers (FENAPES) of Uruguay has been at the forefront of resistance against the regressive policies of the right-wing coalition government. In this article, FENAPES will explain how it has defended education, its teachers and...

   A pact for public education

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 September 2024

   Uruguay: An urgent call to defend public education

   In a world facing a global teacher shortage, where the privatisation and commercialisation of education undermine the value of public service, Education International’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign stands as a vital movement. Led by the teaching profession, it is working to protect and strengthen public education across Latin America...

   Uruguay: An urgent call to defend public education

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   Standards and working conditions 1 April 2024

   Breaking boundaries: Teacher-led Learning Circles in Uruguay persist to develop promising formative assessment practice

   Unlike primary school teachers involved in the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project in its six other countries, the 20 teachers participating Uruguay have been involved in an accelerated programme of Professional Learning and Development (PLD).

   Breaking boundaries: Teacher-led Learning Circles in Uruguay persist to develop promising formative assessment practice

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 November 2023

   Formative assessment: an opportunity to make progress on professionalisation

   Ana María Novo Borges

   In Uruguay, student learning at primary school level is assessed in different ways. Traditional summative practices coexist with practices aligned with the concept of formative assessment or the idea of assessing for learning. Academic freedom and solid teacher training in Uruguay – teachers are either graduates from official or accredited...

   Formative assessment: an opportunity to make progress on professionalisation

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   Leading the profession 1 August 2023

   Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators

   Dr. David Frost

   The HertsCam Network is currently playing an enabling role in the ‘Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment’ project led by Educational International and funded by the Jacobs Foundation. At HertsCam, we are committed to ‘non-positional teacher leadership’ in which any teacher can be empowered and enabled to lead the development...

   Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 June 2023

   Social justice without quality public education and teachers?

   José Olivera

   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) held its 111th annual conference in Geneva (Switzerland) from 5 to 16 June. The ILO is the only tripartite body of the United Nations system that brings together representatives of the labour sector, governments and employers to address a range of issues pertaining to the...

   Social justice without quality public education and teachers?