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Union renewal and development 26 May 2015 Education-Health Alignment Provides Opportunity
Early next month representatives from a wide variety of global health, education and UN organizations will meet to discuss issues of integrating disciplines such as health and social sustainability into schools as a way to leverage the strengths of programs in each separately to create a stronger and systemic whole.
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Union renewal and development 8 May 2015 Latin America unites for quality education
Hundreds of teachers and union delegates from 19 countries gathered in Santiago de Chile to discuss the most poignant issues surrounding education in the Latin American region and to develop a policy strategy for the coming four years.
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Union renewal and development 4 May 2015 Kosovo: union’s collective bargaining efforts backed by European-wide support
The European region of Education International (EI) is demanding that Kosovo’s public authorities fully implement the collective agreement that was signed a year ago.
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Union renewal and development 10 April 2015 Finland: Teachers take center stage in upcoming parliamentary elections
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.
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Union renewal and development 25 March 2015 Students and teachers mourned after plane crashes in French Alps
Education International has offered its sincere condolences to the families of those lost in yesterday’s tragic plane crash, which took the lives of 150 people, including 16 students from the Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern, Germany.
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Union renewal and development 23 February 2015 The Oscars trigger debate on elitist revolving doors
The Academy awards have ignited a debate on the chances of working-class actors to climb the ladder of success, given the increasing proportion of ‘posh actors’ hailing from elite schools sitting atop the acting summit.
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Union renewal and development 17 February 2015 A World at School launches its plan to keep Pakistan’s schools safe
The announcement of a 15-point plan to boost safety in Pakistan’s schools by the UN Envoy for Global Education and Pakistan’s Prime Minister comes two months following the deadly attack in Peshawar.
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Union renewal and development 28 January 2015 An honest look at the facts is needed to improve the way we teach about the Holocaust
Renowned historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder captivated educators in Krakow, instantly converting them into admiring students eager to learn, as he untangled the complex and often misunderstood history of the Holocaust.
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Union renewal and development 26 January 2015 How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation
Education unions from around the world are in Poland to find ways to better teach the Holocaust on the eve of the 70th anniversary marking the liberation of the extermination and concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Union renewal and development 26 January 2015 How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation
Education unions from around the world are in Poland to find ways to better teach the Holocaust on the eve of the 70th anniversary marking the liberation of the extermination and concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Union renewal and development 17 December 2014 Teachers’ union president makes international appeal following Peshawar massacre
In an open letter to the global education community, the President of the Pakistan Teachers Organization’s Council, Khan Faraz, has called for support following the school attack that saw 132 children murdered by terrorists.
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Union renewal and development 16 December 2014 Statement: EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen on school attack in Pakistan
"We, at Education International, are in shock following today’s murderous school attack in Pakistan...
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Union renewal and development 8 December 2014 Mexico: teacher appraisal no longer linked to student performance
Latin America’s largest teachers’ union has stood firmly behind its members through efforts to end the practice of evaluating educators based on the academic outcomes of their students.
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Union renewal and development 2 December 2014 India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.
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Union renewal and development 2 December 2014 India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.
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Union renewal and development 2 December 2014 Creeping privatisation threatens Indian public school system
Faced with the challenge of boosting teachers’ ranks and improving school environments, India looks to curb the explosion of privatised education by once again making quality education synonymous with public education.
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Union renewal and development 21 November 2014 Poland: moving up the international rankings thanks to teachers
Teachers were seen as the driving force behind Poland’s improving school system when delegates met for the 41st National Congress of the Polish education union ZNP, while increasing privatisation was high on the agenda.
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Union renewal and development 21 November 2014 Building alliances and strengthening relationships key to achieving quality education
Development cooperation meetings in Brussels focused on strengthening and enhancing alliances, not only between unions, but also among NGOs and civil society groups to improve education quality worldwide.
Building alliances and strengthening relationships key to achieving quality education