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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.