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Union growth 23 February 2018 #ItsAboutFreedom: Educators worldwide support US unions under attack
Educators are uniting worldwide in support of their colleagues in the USA, who face one of the most severe anti-union attacks in recent history, aiming at destroying public employee and teacher unions through a Supreme Court case.
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Leading the profession 9 January 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #9: A Critical Analysis of the World Bank’s World Development Report on Education by Steven J. Klees
Steve Klees
The annual World Development Report (WDR) is the World Bank’s flagship publication. The 2018 report is entitled Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. In the 40 year history of the WDR, this is the first time its focus has been on education. Many commentators have welcomed this as needed in this...
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Union renewal and development 24 November 2017 Haiti: Toward a status for teachers in the private sector
On average, 90% of schools in Haiti are private, and they usually operate without being inspected, and the teachers working there have little or no job security or protections.
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Union growth 14 November 2017 Belgium: Unions shed light on increasingly difficult job of being a teacher
Teaching is a ‘difficult’ job, according to a thousand educators at one of the largest teacher gatherings ever organised in Belgium.
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Equity and inclusion 10 October 2017 UK: Racial discrimination is a reality in schools and classrooms
Discrimination is ravaging many British schools, according to a Government audit, and educators are determined to change that.
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Union renewal and development 29 August 2017 France: education trade union movement says goodbye to one of its longtime leaders
Michel Gevrey, a force in education for more nearly 60 years both at home in France and around the world, is being remembered by colleagues following his death this week at the age of 87.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2017 Teachers, “Smart People” and Flawed Statistics: What I want to tell my Dad about PISA Scores and Economic Growth
Jeremy Rappleye, Hikaru Komatsu
Sullen Teachers, “Smart People”, and Free Lunch.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 4 July 2017 America’s largest teachers’ union faces down Trump administration over charter schools
The National Education Association will not meet with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos until she answers simple questions about her commitment to accountability and transparency for charter schools and to protecting America’s most vulnerable students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2017 Mexico’s teachers’ union takes steps to ‘enrich’ the profession
With an agreement signed with the Organisation of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture, the National Union of Education Workers is seeking to strengthen the teaching profession through new education and research programmes.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 June 2017 Canada: teachers celebrate repeal of anti-labour legislation
For the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, the repeal of the bill, which limited the rights of labour unions, is a major win after an extensive national campaign was launched to end the conservative policy.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Challenges to public education systems globallyChallenges to public education systems globally
Dennis van Roekel
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Union renewal and development 1 February 2016 Always Learning
Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan, Bob Lingard
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Commercialization of education in the PhilippinesCommercialization of education in the Philippines
Curtis B. Riep
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Reforms and teachersReforms and teachers
Antoni Verger
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 When Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not GoWhen Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not Go
Susan Robertson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Market Fundamentalism Deforms EducationMarket Fundamentalism Deforms Education
Steve Klees
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Blended Learning is the Next Ed Tech RevolutionBlended Learning is the Next Ed Tech Revolution
Phillip McRae
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Selling out the Right to Quality Public Education for All
Carol Anne Spreen
In this issue we bring together scholars, educators and advocates who have been working with EI in a global anti-privatisation effort. These scholars are working around the world to raise awareness about how and why education is being placed in the hands of corporations or “edu-preneurs”, instead of educators. The...
Selling out the Right to Quality Public Education for All