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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 September 2012 EI welcomes the UN General Secretary’s Education First Initiative
Education First is an initiative developed by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and involving actors from across – and beyond – the education sector. This five-year initiative aims to prioritise education through to and after the 2015 deadline.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 September 2012 1.7 million more teachers needed to deliver EFA by 2015
On 25 September, the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) and EI launched a new report identifying severe primary teacher gaps in 114 countries, undermining efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Education for All (EFA) by 2015.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2012 Canada: Teachers are forced to pay for the deficit in Ontario
Mass demonstrations by students and teachers alike were held on 19 September in opposition to the Putting Students First Act, or Bill 115, passed on 11 September. Those opposed deplore the fact that the Bill deprives Ontario’s teachers of their right to collective-bargaining actions and unprofessionally withholds their due wages.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2012 EI opens the 8th Higher Education and Research Conference in Argentina
From 25 to 27 September, more than one hundred teachers and trade union leaders from all over the world will meet in Buenos Aires to debate and coordinate action to effectively develop higher education and research, focusing on ensuring high-quality universal public education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 USA: Chicago teachers’ successful negotiations
Following the well-followed strike it called for on 9 September, the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) entered immediate negotiations with Chicago legislative officials and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As of 17 September, the strike has been called off after the CTU succeeded in negotiating a fairer contract for Chicago’s teachers.
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Union renewal and development 24 September 2012 Worlds of EducationWorlds of Education
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 European educatorsEuropean educators
Jim Baker
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 UNCSWUNCSW
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Multinational’s tax avoidanceMultinational’s tax avoidance
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 EI explores impact of IMF policiesEI explores impact of IMF policies
Jim Baker
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Union renewal and development 24 September 2012 Is this the endIs this the end
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Challenging Hostile Ideologies in the CrisisChallenging Hostile Ideologies in the Crisis
Fred van Leeuwen
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Union growth 24 September 2012 Decreasing development aidDecreasing development aid
Jim Baker
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Union growth 24 September 2012 Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street
Jim Baker
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 Tom BediakoTom Bediako
Jim Baker
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 Does the Future of Teaching lie in the Flipped Classroom?Does the Future of Teaching lie in the Flipped Classroom?
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 National Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the peopleNational Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the people
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Argentina: State support for people’s rightsArgentina: State support for people’s rights
Jim Baker