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Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 20 November 2024

    Organizing for a new treaty on free public education

    Bede Sheppard

    World Children’s Day is celebrated annually on 20 November. The date is auspicious for children’s rights as it coincides with the date on which the United Nations adopted both the Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.

    Organizing for a new treaty on free public education
  2. Worlds of Education 16 November 2024

    Standing up for quality public education on International Students' Day

    Ruth Thornton, Shamna Abdul Kareem, Dilara Keven, Marina Mata, Mairead Howley

    International Students’ Day, celebrated on 17th November, has long been associated with student activism against human rights’ violations . This year we, a group of students and recent graduates, feel compelled to draw attention to the perilous position of the right to education worldwide – with public education underfunded and...

    Standing up for quality public education on International Students' Day
  3. News 14 November 2024

    Morocco: Education unionists celebrate progress and continue to mobilise for the Go Public! Fund Education campaign

    Education International member organisation the Fédération Nationale de l'Enseignement - Union Marocaine du Travail (FNE-UMT) continues its mobilisation for the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in Morocco. Having secured significant wins through social dialogue, the union has resolved to place the Go Public! campaign and the United Nations recommendations on...

    Morocco: Education unionists celebrate progress and continue to mobilise for the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
  4. News 12 November 2024

    Empowering teachers as leaders: the impact of teacher-led learning

    Since 2020, the Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project, launched by Education International (EI) with support from the Jacobs Foundation, has empowered teachers across seven countries to lead student-centered, formative assessment practices.

    Empowering teachers as leaders: the impact of teacher-led learning
  5. News 11 November 2024

    Education Unions in the United States stand firm for public education after Trump win

    In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the nation’s leading teacher unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have reaffirmed their commitment to safeguard public education and the rights of all students.

    Education Unions in the United States stand firm for public education after Trump win
  6. News 7 November 2024

    Iran: Education International denounces new detention of teacher unionist Mohammad Habibi for defending female students

    Mohammad Habibi, a teacher and union activist in Tehran, is a resilient and prominent figure in Iran’s education rights movement, standing against oppression under the Islamic regime. His commitment to defending the rights of teachers and students has led to repeated arrests, torture, and harassment by Iranian authorities, making him...

    Iran: Education International denounces new detention of teacher unionist Mohammad Habibi for defending female students

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