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“Another world is possible with free, universally accessible quality public education for all”. This was the crucial message brought by the education community to the 2016 World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada, from 9-14 August.

Action plans to promote and protect the rights of minorities, particularly for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, were devised at an Education International workshop for teacher unionists in the Philippines.

In a sweeping move, the for-profit school chain has been told to lock its doors after parliament demanded it halt operations in response to its failure to meet educational and infrastructure standards.

With Ecuador’s government due to release its decision on the Unión Nacional de Educadores’ legal dissolution at any moment, Education International reiterates its call to affiliates to take immediate action and support their Ecuadorian colleagues.

Teacher unionists have awarded an educator for her outstanding and ‘simple’ contribution to providing indigenous students with quality education, a welcomed respite of positive news amidst the Northern Territory’ youth detention abuse scandal.

On the occasion of the 2016 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Education International is reiterating that education must be available for all without discrimination, accessible, publicly funded and free.

The achievement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people’s rights is both a trade union and professional challenge, reaffirmed Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen at the Freedom at Work Conference in Amsterdam.

According to a new report released by Theirschool, a pledge made by world leaders to get all refugee Syrian children into school has fallen far short due to an urgent funding gap.

Education unions in the UK have reacted to the postponement of the new national funding formula for schools by reaffirming that the formula does not yet add up and that additional investment is needed.

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.