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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 April 2018 The EU Copyright reform: Education ministries should play a stronger role in the copyright reform process to secure public interest, by Damjan Harisch
Damjan Harisch
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia (Ministry) has taken keen interest in the EU Copyright reform, which was initiated by the EU Commission through a Proposal for a Directive on Copyrights in the digital single market in September 2016, following several years of public...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 April 2018 Canada’s copyright regime -- who’s afraid of fair dealing? by David Robinson
David Robinson
If you’re looking for a cure for insomnia, then perusing Canada’s Copyright Act[1] might just be what the doctor ordered. The Act weighs in at a hefty 176 pages of dense legal text that is sure to induce somnolent yearnings in even the most caffeinated reader. On the other hand,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2018 UK: Survey reveals ‘heart-breaking’ impact of child poverty in schools
Growing child poverty is affecting children’s learning in the UK, according to a recent National Education Union survey. However, schools and education staff are doing their utmost to provide the services and essentials of daily life to help disadvantaged families.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2018 Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre
Teresa Nobre
What can a teacher do in a classroom with a poem, a video, an artwork or a piece of music created by someone else? From early childhood education to higher education, literary and artistic works can be used by teachers, academics and researchers, education support personnel and students for educational...
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Leading the profession 6 April 2018 "Can we assess if school and classroom practices align with national educational goals?", by Kate Anderson, Helyn Kim, Seamus Hegarty and Martin Henry.
Helyn Kim, Seamus Hegarty, Kate Anderson, Martin Henry
Now more than ever, countries are orienting their policies toward equipping children and youth with a broad range of skills to succeed in the 21st century [1]. Given this widespread endorsement at the policy level, why don’t we see it happening in more schools? Could it be that schools lack...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 April 2018 Education and copyright. It matters to you!
(YES you can share these images and videos with your students, colleagues and anyone! But that is not always the case.)
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 March 2018 Passing of Tom ‘Father Africa’ Bediako
Education International is sad to learn of the passing of Tom Bediako, an outstanding Ghanaian education trade unionist, who for over 10 years made a considerable contribution to the strengthening of education unions and quality education in Africa as Education International’s Chief Regional Coordinator for the region.”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #20: Half-Hearted Commitment to Teacher Learning, by Mark Ginsburg
Mark Ginsburg
I recently completed work on a moderated discussion (Ginsburg et al., 2018) for the Comparative Education Review (CER) focused on the World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise (WDR) (Filmer et al., 2018). In the moderated discussion I muted my voice in order to facilitate a conversation among...
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Standards and working conditions 23 March 2018 Launch of Education Workforce Initiative
Education International has welcomed the launch of the Education Workforce Initiative by the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity.
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Union growth 22 March 2018 France: education unions extremely worried for the quality of education public services
While the country has faced a major strike in defense of public services, the French unions members of Education International recall their concerns for the status of government teachers, the quality of education and social dialogue.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 March 2018 “Better dialogue, better schools, better communities”, by John Bangs
John Bangs
The fact that the International Summit on the Teaching Profession is now in its eighth year is one of those small miracles which counterbalance the mood of pessimism which affects the world’s politics. Founded in 2011 by the Obama Administration and the US teacher unions it is now an annual...
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Standards and working conditions 22 March 2018 Global dialogue in support of the teaching profession
The 8th annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22-23 March is, once again, a good opportunity to discuss the teaching profession between those who represent teachers and those who represent governments.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2018 UK teacher unionist wins Global Teacher Prize award
Education International congratulates UK teacher unionist Andria Zafirakou upon winning the 2018 Global Teacher Prize award.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 March 2018 Iraq: Commitments to education improvements given to Kurdistan Teachers Union in social dialogue
Substantial progress was made by the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in discussions with public authorities to guarantee proper functioning of the Iraqi education system and provide decent living conditions for teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 February 2018 Proper implementation of quality assurance standards needed for higher education in Europe
Education stakeholders across Europe have reasserted the need for effective and innovative ways to implement the revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in higher education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 February 2018 North American and Caribbean education leaders work towards strong leadership in times of crises
As Education International convenes its regional affiliates in Trinidad and Tobago, the challenges they face are as varied as they are common, from strengthening democracy, ensuring quality education to the future of trade unionism.
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Union growth 22 February 2018 Burkina Faso: United teacher unions secure landmark agreement with government
The National Coordination of Education Unions in Burkina Faso has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government, a landmark agreement covering access to education and improved working conditions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 February 2018 USA: joint teacher union action aims to put education secretary on notice
The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have teamed up to deliver 80,000 report cards to Secretary DeVos’ doorstep on the anniversary of her appointment to call for her resignation.
USA: joint teacher union action aims to put education secretary on notice