Articles from United States of America
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 April 2015 Former SUNY professor dies in drone strike
The international higher education community mourns the death of an American colleague, Dr Warren Weinstein, who was held hostage by al-Qaida on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan since 13 August 2011.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 April 2015 USA: #BringBackOurGirls from Nigeria, say American educators
One year after their abduction by Boko Haram terrorists, two female Nigerian students who escaped their kidnappers were hosted by American education unionists who renewed their pledge to see the remaining kidnapped students returned to their families.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 March 2015 Pearson caught spying on students
The American Federation of Teachers was aghast to discover that the world’s largest edu-business has undertaken a new activity, moving from administering tests to online surveillance to monitor American students’ social media activity in search of cheaters.
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Equity and inclusion 13 March 2015 Gender equality, women’s human rights and empowerment within and beyond the post-2015 agenda
Education International has co-sponsored a panel discussion focusing on the key priorities for gender equality, women’s human rights and empowerment in the new post-2015 sustainable development framework to be agreed by United Nations’ member states this fall.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 March 2015 Education stories hit the big screen in America’s capital
This week in Washington D.C. the classroom enters the cinema to present education in ways not commonly seen, helping to provoke new ideas, debate, and the chance to reveal how film can unlock potential.
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Equity and inclusion 10 March 2015 New York: Trade union delegation demands more from their governments
Global Union delegations at the UN are urging member states to make a stronger commitment to women’s economic rights on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and in the new sustainable development goals.
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Equity and inclusion 9 March 2015 International Women’s Day: activists bring the Big Apple to a standstill
Education International’s delegation to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women marched alongside thousands of activists through New York Sunday for gender equality and the rights of women and girls.
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Union renewal and development 13 February 2015 EI General Secretary takes the Harvard stage
Fred van Leeuwen, Education International’s General Secretary, has held a lecture at Harvard University on the challenges faced by teachers in the 21st century.
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Union growth 26 November 2014 USA: Teacher union objects to Coca-Cola in schools
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has banned Coca-Cola products from its facilities and events, citing Coca-Cola's child labour and human rights record.
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Union renewal and development 18 November 2014 Son of NEA member slain by Islamic State
The latest act of violence committed by ISIS has left one family and member of the National Education Association in mourning following the killing of their son and aid worker in Syria.
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Equity and inclusion 10 October 2014 USA: LGBT people pay an ‘unfair price’
Education International (EI) welcomes a landmark report which provides a stark picture of the added financial burdens faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in United States because of discriminatory laws.
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Union growth 9 October 2014 EI calls for release of kidnapped US hostage
Education International joins its US affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, in calling for the safe release of American academic Warren Weinstein, who was abducted in Pakistan by al Qaeda.
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Union growth 28 August 2014 USA: Ferguson’s teachers and students seek refuge in the classroom
As schools begin to reopen nearly two weeks late following the police shooting of an unarmed African American man, education is being looked to as a way to heal the wounds inflicted on the city’s students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2014 USA: AFT elects its leaders
Delegates at the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) national convention have voted overwhelmingly to re-elect AFT President Randi Weingarten for a third term. Lorretta Johnson was also re-elected Secretary-Treasurer, and Mary Cathryn Ricker was chosen to succeed Executive Vice-President Francine Lawrence, who plans to retire this year.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2014 Amidst attacks on union rights, American educators rally to defend public education
In an emotionally charged keynote, American Federation of Teachers´ (AFT) President Randi Weingarten called on American teachers to fight forward and fight back.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) meets in Los Angeles, California, US for its biennial convention - the most important policymaking body of the federation.
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Standards and working conditions 13 June 2014 USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack
America’s biggest teachers’ unions are voicing their opposition to a California Superior Court’s decision to strip teachers of tenure, a ruling that found the laws intended to protect educators are in fact unconstitutional.
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Equity and inclusion 30 May 2014 USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools
EI has strongly condemned the fact that 18-year-old Jessica Urbina, who wore a stylist tuxedo in her high school portrait, was told by school officials that her picture would not appear in her class yearbook due to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s rule that girls must appear in dresses for...
USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools