Standing with Teachers: 60 Years of Protecting the Profession, Advancing its Status, and Shaping Our Futures
The Bahia Declaration: Rising United for Gender Justice
5th Education International World Women’s Conference: Rising united for gender justice
Get to know EI's Deputy General Secretary, Cassandra Hallett
New PISA report reveals decline in student performance amid chronic teacher shortage and shrinking attention spans
Teachers must not be neutral: taking a professional stance is part of the job
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News 1 October 2026 Building union power, winning for public education: Mongolia's Go Public! story
At the closing forum of Mongolia’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign held in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, education unionists and stakeholders reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening public education, investing in teachers, and advancing social dialogue.
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News 1 October 2026 Standing with Teachers: 60 Years of Protecting the Profession, Advancing its Status, and Shaping Our Futures
On 5 October 2026, education unions around the world will celebrate World Teachers’ Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the 1966 International Labour Organization (ILO)/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers .
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Worlds of Education 30 September 2026 Are AI Frameworks complicit in turning schools into AI testing grounds and sites of extraction?
Susan L. Robertson, Michele Martini
What Do AI Frameworks for Education Really Look Like? The capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular Large Language Models like ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, are developing at extraordinary speed, accompanying by calls from some tech firm leaders to slow the pace and ask serious questions about regulation. Paralleling...
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Worlds of Education 28 September 2026 Artificial intelligence is here to stay
Sarah Wofford
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and as unionists, we should feel just as confident harnessing the power of AI as we do harnessing the power of our collective voices.
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News 25 September 2026 United Kingdom: Educators win full government funding for teacher pay rise
Educators, unions, civil society organisations and concerned citizens have secured a major victory for teachers, education support personnel, and school communities across England after the UK Government announced that it will fully fund this academic year's teacher pay award.
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News 24 September 2026 Education unions pledge to fight for and lead a new era of education financing
Following the disappointing outcome of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) replenishment meeting, education union leaders from around the world came together to demand urgent government action. Education International (EI) and its member organisations will intensify pressure on political leaders to fully fund public education and uphold every child’s right...
Education unions pledge to fight for and lead a new era of education financing