We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.
Academics, researchers and activists from all over the world are ready to turn theory into action as they descend on Brussels for a two-day exchange of ideas and research on the future of education.
Leading thinkers in education to put their heads together on policy
With Director Martin Romer retiring as European Director at the end of the year, EI and the ETUCE are seeking the right candidate to lead the European Trade Union Committee for Education into the future.
Education International seeks new director to lead its European Region
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.
Successful implementation of education policy relies on teacher involvement
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.
French unions brace against anti-social reforms
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.
UK: NASUWT conference demands supportive funding reform
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.
Brussels: an attack on the values of democracy, equality and freedom
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
Education International has learned with great shock and sadness of the untimely death of Dr. Sulistiyo (54), President of the Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia.
Education International mourns the death of eminent Indonesian education union leader
Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has apologised to the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations for having urged the South Korean authorities in October 2015 to reverse their decision on state-controlled history textbooks.
EI issues apology to Korean affiliate
With the Education 2030 agenda in full force, unions from Nairobi to Bangkok are sharpening their positions in order to aim high through advocacy and action to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goal.
Unions get ready to drive the Education agenda forward
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