USA: Denver teachers fight against austerity
For the first time in 25 years teachers are walking off the job in Denver, Colorado, demanding better working conditions and a fair compensation system.
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EI and OECD launch Principles for Effective and Equitable Educational Recovery
How will we ensure effective and equitable educational recovery from COVID19? Education International and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) developed ten key principles which every country can use.
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Education International Manifesto on Quality Climate Change Education for ALL
Education must be transformed to catalyse the fight against climate change and to support a just transition to a more sustainable world. This Manifesto outlines the profession’s vision for quality climate change education and the policy framework necessary to implement it.
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Education International Condemns the Coup and Repression in Myanmar
Update 23 April 2021 | In a resolution adopted at its 57th meeting, held virtually, the Education International Executive Board condemned the coup d’état in Myanmar, the refusal to accept the results of the election, the violence against protesters and strikers and the arrest of elected leaders, trade unionists and others opposing the regime. It called for full respect for human and trade union rights and a return to the path of democracy. It urged the international community and national governments to respond urgentl...
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“Covid Story Will End with Equity and Leadership”, by David Edwards.
My friend and colleague and one of the education giants of our time, Mary Hatwood Futrell, wrote this on the passing of Nelson Mandela in 2013: “We pause to mark the distance we’ve come and keep focus on what’s yet to cover. One thing seems certain as the need for equity persists: the push for progress will be equally persistent.”
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Africa: teachers call on politicians to reject privatisation
Education International’s African leaders have released a statement today calling on their Heads of States to reject privatisation and to invest in quality public education for all.
Read MoreBelgium: Massive student rally on climate change
Belgian teacher unions have declared their support for the young people who have been demonstrating in the streets of Belgium – and internationally – every Thursday for nearly a month to demand that decision-makers take urgent measures to tackle climate change.
Read MoreZimbabwe: key education unions embark in joint action to defend teachers’ conditions
For the first time ever, the two largest teacher unions in Zimbabwe have come together to defend the teaching profession and call for a teachers’ strike to obtain a salary increase from the government.
Read MoreThe new World Bank classroom performance tool does not pass the test
Educators are voicing their concern over a new classroom observation tool from the World Bank which supposedly improves teaching practices.
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