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Union renewal and development 12 April 2016 WorldwideWorldwide
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 April 2016 Young teachers raise their voices outside of the classroom to forge greater roles within their unions
To take on greater leadership and decision-making roles within their unions, young teachers met recently in Dakar to boost both the recruitment and participation of young members.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2016 UK: Unions welcome dropping of baseline assessment by Government
Major UK education unions have welcomed the announcement by Government that baseline assessments will not now be used for measuring primary school student progress in subsequent years. This follows the publication of a comparative study on baseline assessments used by primary schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 April 2016 Philippines: teachers defend quality education against increased privatisation
Filipino teachers are fighting the government’s ‘K to 12’ plan which they believe would increase education privatisation and commercialisation and be detrimental to access to quality education for all.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 April 2016 Experts warn against wave of for-profit education
Academics and union leaders are looking behind the false claims about the commercialisation of education, revealing its devastating effects on schools, society and democracy.
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Equity and inclusion 5 April 2016 European teacher unions’ voice heard at UNESCO debate on gender equality
Jobs and qualifications must not depend on someone’s gender. That was the key message reiterated by the European Trade Union Committee for Education in a debate on Gender equality and Education on 18 March at the European Parliament.
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Union renewal and development 4 April 2016 Successful implementation of education policy relies on teacher involvement
Educators from over 30 countries have linked the promotion of education as public good to teacher autonomy, political commitment by governments and the recognition of education unions as agents of change.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 April 2016 Bahrain: Teacher leader freed after five years in prison
Earlier today, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, leader of the Bahrain Teachers Association, an EI affiliate in the country, was released from prison. He had been held in detention since 2011, when he was sentenced to a prison sentence for the simple fact of calling for a teachers’ strike in support of...
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Standards and working conditions 4 April 2016 Teachers are key to quality education and successful 2030 Education Agenda
The Teacher Target in the Sustainable Development Goals and Education 2030 must be implemented. This was one key finding from the 8th Policy Dialogue Forum - International Task Force on Teachers held in Mexico from 14-17 March.
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Union renewal and development 31 March 2016 French unions brace against anti-social reforms
While economic, social and educational reform plans are stirring up heated debates in France, the countries’ two largest education unions, UNSA Education and SNES-FSU, hold their congresses this week in Grenoble.
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Standards and working conditions 30 March 2016 USA: Major court victory for unions
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of public employee unions, rejecting a conservative attack on the basis of the fees collected from non-members.
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Union renewal and development 29 March 2016 UK: NASUWT conference demands supportive funding reform
The planned reforms on school funding by the British government need to recognise the local needs of all schools and support equality of opportunity and achievement for every pupil, says British education union NASUWT.
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Union renewal and development 22 March 2016 Brussels: an attack on the values of democracy, equality and freedom
The events in Brussels are an attack on the values of democracy, equality and freedom, Education International's General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen said in a comment today. He insisted that those trying to undermine those values would not succeed, but reinforce the commitment to uphold them all over the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 March 2016 Outstanding Uganda teacher unionist receives national honour medal
Former Education International’s Executive Board member Teopista Birungi Mayanja has been given by the president the Uganda’s medal of the Order of the Golden Jubilee in the education field.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 March 2016 Canada: Quebecois teachers want to give each student equal chances opportunity
The Rendez-vous CSQ de l’éducation 2016 represented a crucial occasion for Quebec’s teacher unionists to debate and share experiences on one of the most important challenges in education, i.e. equal opportunities for all.
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Equity and inclusion 18 March 2016 A gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs participation and partnerships
The critical role of women’s participation through trade unions was at the core of the UNCSW60, through a panel discussion on partnerships for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2016 Iranian teacher unionists released after global solidarity campaign
Abdolreza Ghanbari and Ali Akbar Baghani, members of the Iranian Teacher Trade Associations, for whom Education International had launched a solidarity campaign, have been released. Ghanbari had been awaiting execution for 2 years before his sentence was commuted to 15 years’ imprisonment.
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Union renewal and development 17 March 2016 Consultation on accountability in education now open
A report on global education with a special focus on accountability is in the making, and educators from all over the world can contribute to it.
Consultation on accountability in education now open