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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 March 2011

    Inter-cultural education and co-existence in school

    A new model of integration is emerging based on an equally integrationist curriculum in education centres. Secondary school teachers usually take a positive approach to inter-cultural education, although there is an evident correlation between the favourable attitudes of teachers and their training.

    Inter-cultural education and co-existence in school
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    Multilingualism: a reality for classes in European countries

    It is recommended that immigrant parents speak their language at home. In some poorer parts of London, employees at crèches and some NGO organisations regularly provide books for immigrant families to read to their children in their own language or in English. This is being done so that pre-schooling gets...

    Multilingualism: a reality for classes in European countries
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    EI finds inadequate attention for Early Childhood Education

    Findings from a new study conducted by EI’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) Task Force reveal that, while ECE continues to receive more attention across the globe, progress has been uneven and much more remains to be done.

    EI finds inadequate attention for Early Childhood Education
  4. Standards and working conditions 25 March 2011

    Action programme to improve the labour market for teachers

    The GEW, Germany’s largest teachers’ union, has called for immediate federal action on teacher training to increase the number of student and probationary teachers’ positions.

    Action programme to improve the labour market for teachers
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    Chile: education thrown open to the market

    “When it comes to education, Chile is the best of all possible worlds for the privileged.” Fernando Atria, University of Chile

    Chile: education thrown open to the market
  6. Standards and working conditions 25 March 2011

    International Summit on the Teaching Profession

    The release of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in December showed that U.S. students were ranked average in reading and science, and below average in maths. While the findings were not a great surprise they did generate a rush of media coverage about how the nation’s students...

    International Summit on the Teaching Profession
  7. Standards and working conditions 25 March 2011

    Teacher unions scale up measures to defend the rights of migrant teachers

    International migration, including skilled labour migration has become a global phenomenon that is rising to the top of the policy agenda. UN data shows that around 214 million people – or 3.1 per cent of the world’s population – live outside their country of birth. Women constitute about 50 per...

    Teacher unions scale up measures to defend the rights of migrant teachers
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    England: Students face exorbitant tuition fees

    When the recently elected Conservative and Liberal British government announced that it wanted to transfer the burden of funding education from the state to students, the UCU and its allies from student, parent and teaching all came together to build the first wave of opposition to cuts in vital public...

    England: Students face exorbitant tuition fees
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    Santo Domingo: Teachers demand ‘four per cent for education’

    The ’four per cent for education’ campaign in Santo Domingo is neither whimsical nor propaganda. It is a fully-costed response to a need that has legal and institutional grounds for support.

    Santo Domingo: Teachers demand ‘four per cent for education’
  10. Union renewal and development 25 March 2011

    Communications specialists gather to promote teacher unions

    EI’s Communication’s unit brought together counterparts from affiliate members in Europe and North America at the annual EI Communicators’ Network (ComNet)meeting in Brussels, Belgium, from 21-22 September 2010.

    Communications specialists gather to promote teacher unions
  11. Union growth 25 March 2011

    Collective action against mendacious attacks

    A New Year’s pledge from hardline Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, to remove teachers’ collective bargaining rights, as well as their health benefits and pension entitlements, has brought thousands of pro-union demonstrators on to the streets in all 50 U.S. states in solidarity with the Wisconsin unions.

    Collective action against mendacious attacks
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011

    MDG Summit reaffirms support for gender equity

    Heads of state and government joined international and research organisations, as well as civil society groups, trade unions, and the private sector, in New York, from 20-22 September, to check on progress made towards attainment of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

    MDG Summit reaffirms support for gender equity
  13. Standards and working conditions 25 March 2011

    School leaders call for protection of education budgets

    School leaders and representatives of EI’s member organisations have raised serious concerns about the impact of the economic crisis on education budgets and trade union rights.

    School leaders call for protection of education budgets
  14. Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 March 2011

    G20 fails to address fundamentals – including investment in education

    The G20 Summit held in Seoul, Korea, on 11-12 November was marked by growing tensions between the world’s two biggest economies – the United States and China – and a failure to address fundamental issues required for sustainable growth and prosperity – including investment in education.

    G20 fails to address fundamentals – including investment in education
  15. Union renewal and development 25 March 2011

    OECD’s Education at a Glance 2010: what can unions learn?

    In its new report Education at Glance 2010, the OECD presents a vast array of statistics relating to education in its 33 member countries. The report should be given close scrutiny by education unions as it has traditionally been used to argue for more efficient spending and further strengthening of...

    OECD’s Education at a Glance 2010: what can unions learn?
  16. Equity and inclusion 25 March 2011

    Interview with Jan Eastman: A teacher unionist dedicated to gender equality

    Jan Eastman is EI’s Deputy General Secretary with responsibility for human, trade union and equality rights. She is former chairperson of EI’s Status of Women Committee. Jan is a native of Tasmania. She taught English and Social Studies in Canada before specialising in educating students with learning disabilities. In this...

    Interview with Jan Eastman: A teacher unionist dedicated to gender equality
  17. Equity and inclusion 25 March 2011

    Gender justice is key to real progress

    In 2000 the United Nations’ Millennium Development Summit agreed to eradicate global poverty and save millions of lives through coordinated activity. In 2002, leaders of 189 countries agreed to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Five years ahead of the deadline, progress has been uneven and the UN...

    Gender justice is key to real progress
  18. Trade union rights are human rights 24 March 2011

    New Zealand: Teachers under Pressure

    In a recent survey of members, the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) was shocked to discover 86 per cent of teachers experience stress at work, while 24 per cent of respondents said stress levels are ‘of concern’ or ‘intolerable’. The union is tackling this problem everyone needs a way to...

    New Zealand: Teachers under Pressure