Articles from United States of America
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Union renewal and development 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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Union growth 13 June 2017 USA: teachers work to stop deportation of undocumented students
The American Federation of Teachers has issued its Immigrant Youth Guide in Spanish, a tool that helps teachers support and prepare undocumented students in the event of government immigration raids.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2017 Teacher union renewal: developing the power of the profession
Howard Stevenson
The challenges that face teachers often look very similar around the world. Global league tables are often behind the relentless pressure to drive test scores up, whilst the forces of global economic competition explain a race to the bottom on teachers’ working conditions. Teachers experience ever rising workloads, but perhaps...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 May 2017 Global Issues and Local Change: Teaching about power, possibility, identity, and inquiry for global competence
Connie Chung
“In “E’s” country, abusive child labour is common; about two million children between ages 10 and 15 work in mills, mines, and other factories.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 April 2017 USA: Educators mourn victims of yet another shooting in a school
The education community in the United States has expressed its grief at yet another shooting in a school in their country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 March 2017 Unveiled US budget plan, a hard blow to public schools’ students
The US President’s proposal for deep cuts to budgets of federal administrations has been met with strong criticism by key education unions, stressing that this would greatly undermine public education and students’ equality of chances.
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Equity and inclusion 30 January 2017 Education International stands up against U.S. immigration ban
Opposition to the new administration’s policies has been fierce and swift at home and abroad with Education International and its affiliates supporting their American colleagues as they fight a slew of right wing initiatives.
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Union renewal and development 24 November 2016 USA: unions shocked after nomination of DeVos
The nomination of a new secretary of education has immediately triggered expressions of concern from education trade unions in the United States, who fear that previous achievements will be systematically dismantled.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 November 2016 USA: Education unions and civil society unite to Stop the Hate
Educators and citizens from all over the USA have signed the Stop the Hate petition, asking that President-elect Donald Trump keep his promise to be the President for all Americans, by speaking clearly and loudly against the hate.
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Union renewal and development 10 November 2016 US Elections: "Though we are disheartened, we must not lose heart."
The election of Donald Trump has stunned the American education unions NEA and AFT. Both unions have actively campaigned for the election of Hillary Clinton who had promised to give quality public education for all a prominent place on her political agenda.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 October 2016 US educators and civil society mobilise for public schools
World Teachers’ Week in the US saw thousands of teachers, students, parents and community members participating in a “walk-in” to schools across the country to advocate for quality public schools.
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Union renewal and development 12 September 2016 USA: Trump’s proposed education cuts detrimental to students and teachers
US education unions have expressed serious concerns at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s announcement that he will reduce the education budget by US$20 billion.
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Standards and working conditions 3 August 2016 US: new study reveals that unions boost quality of education
Teachers’ unions do not overprotect tenured teachers, according to a recent study, in fact they create a net positive for educational quality by contributing to increased teacher quality and higher educational attainment for students.
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Union growth 1 August 2016 USA: Teachers reach out after Orlando massacre
Teacher unions and trade unions in the United States are working togetherto provide support and resources to the Orlando community after the mass shooting at a night club in June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2016 EI President commends the AFT for its 100 years of championing quality public education
Education International's President Susan Hopgood joined the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American Federation of Teachers, thanking the education union “for setting an important example”, and “fighting for the public school, for equity and for democratic values”.
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Union renewal and development 19 July 2016 USA: AFT endorses Clinton as it marks centenary
The American Federation of Teachers kicked-off its 84th Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota by welcoming Hillary Rodham Clinton. The AFT supports Clinton to be elected as President of the United States in November.
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Union renewal and development 7 July 2016 The NEA unites as historic US presidential election looms large
The message of solidarity was sombre but clear in Washington, D.C. as the National Education Association's LGBTQ Caucus honoured the 49 lives lost in Orlando last month to open the 154th Representative Assembly.
The NEA unites as historic US presidential election looms large