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Union renewal and development 10 April 2015 Finland: Teachers take center stage in upcoming parliamentary elections
When the votes are cast for this week’s parliamentary elections, teachers will be hard to miss on the ballot, as they make up 10 percent of the 2,000 candidates running for seats.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 April 2015 Norway: private school teachers denied collective bargaining rights
Teachers at a privately run government school have exercised their right to strike following management’s demand that they cut their ties with the Union of Education Norway.
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Equity and inclusion 9 April 2015 UK: Extremism debates at school put teachers on edge
New rules in the UK requiring schools to report suspicions of extremist behaviour among students to officials have many teachers shying away from engaging in classroom debates on the subject.
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Standards and working conditions 9 April 2015 UK: Education unions say experience counts
The need to value older, experienced teachers was a hot topic for two of the UK’s education unions during their annual national conferences where they opposed what they see as on-going discrimination.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 April 2015 Global report reveals shortcomings of the Education for All Goals
Despite relative progress, the latest report makes it clear that the critical shortage of qualified teachers, with less than 75% trained to national standards, is a major culprit behind the failure to achieve the goals.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2015 Understanding why teacher collaboration is the way forward
It’s being endorsed by education experts as a way to empower teachers and build leadership among their ranks, but how to make teacher collaboration a reality was the challenge at this year’s international teaching summit.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 April 2015 Reasserting the need for quality secondary education and public services
The future of quality secondary education and public services was among the hot topics debated by Education International and its affiliates, who were actively involved in the World Social Forum last month in Tunisia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 April 2015 Kenya: Education community in mourning after attack on university
Educators in Kenya have expressed their deepest sympathy to families and friends of over 140 students killed by Islamist gunmen in the town of Garissa in north-eastern Kenya today.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2 April 2015 World Social Forum: Clear rejection of the privatisation of public services
Education International and some of its affiliates were actively involved in the World Social Forum, from 24-28 March in Tunis, Tunisia, and discussed privatisation of services, including education.
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Union growth 1 April 2015 Global Labour University offers a course on workers' rights in a global economy
What are global workers’ rights? Which institutions and instruments can be used to realise them? The Global Labour University has launched an online course on Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy to help answer these questions, among others.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 March 2015 Australia: Privatisation of vocational training detrimental to students
Reacting to a recently published study, education unions have stressed that authorities of New South Wales must guarantee minimum public funding levels for technical and further education, and avoid the unchecked privatisation that has destroyed vocational education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 March 2015 Russia: trade union congress focuses on quality education
The Education and Science Employees Union of Russia held its 7th congress last week, with a strong focus on quality education, teachers’ rights and the future of the teaching profession.
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Standards and working conditions 29 March 2015 Global teachers' Summit focuses on culture change
In his analysis of the latest studies on education, EI Senior Consultant John Bangs narrowed in on the main topics of this year's summit on the teaching profession: efficacy, leadership, collaboration and innovation.
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Standards and working conditions 29 March 2015 Teachers at the top of Rocky Mountain summit
Collaboration, leadership, and innovation are at the heart of talks at the Summit of the Teaching Profession, where Education International General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen made the case for teachers as the agents of change.
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Standards and working conditions 29 March 2015 Teacher collaboration is needed to strengthen the profession
Building collaborative school environments that empower teachers to create strong learning communities is the message teacher unions are delivering at the 5th International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Banff, Canada.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2015 EI to deliver strong message at global teaching summit in Canada
The Education International delegation wants the focus of this year’s International Summit on the Teaching Profession squarely on creating collaborative school environments that empower teachers to build strong learning communities.
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Standards and working conditions 27 March 2015 South Africa: Support grows for status change for temporary educators
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has voiced its support for the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union’s demand that educators employed on temporary contracts become permanent employees. This is a significant vote of support as the Congress of South African Trade Unions is that country’s national trade union confederation.
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Union renewal and development 25 March 2015 Changes in EI global leadership in the run up to the 7th World Congress
The 44th Education International’s Executive Board meeting has appointed Patrick Roach from the UK and Ryosuke Kato from Japan to help run the organisation’s work as Vice-Presidents for Europe and Asia-Pacific respectively, until the 7th World Congress in July.
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