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Standards and working conditions 2019-11-16 Teachers and UNESCO team up to define professionalism for teaching and learning across the world
Education International (EI) and UNESCO launch a joint framework that will define what quality teaching means, now and in the future. The Global Framework of Professional Teaching Standards was launched today in front of education ministers, EI member organisations and policy experts at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-11-14 #SABERexposed "Teachers in the World Bank's SABER", by Melanie Baker Robbins.
This blog post presents two major critiques of the SABER-Teachers domain: The World Bank’s inconsistent use of empirical evidence in order to promote policies that reflect its ideological biases related to teachers and the teaching profession, and the way the SABER-Teachers domain framework paper serves to de-professionalize teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-11-13 Inclusion and mobility in higher education: a long road ahead
EI urged ministers to take action to make higher education more inclusive at the UNESCO general conference today.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-11-08 “Impoverishing the poor: the deficiencies of the World Bank’s learning poverty goal”, by Dennis Sinyolo.
On 17 October, the World Bank announced a new global target for education aimed at reducing ‘learning poverty’ - the percentage of children who are unable to read by the age of 10 – in half by 2030. The World Bank’s initiative is a step in the wrong direction, and...
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Union renewal and development 2019-11-08 WIPO: 2019 copyright debates on education and research fuel controversies
Educators at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have advocated for exceptions and limitations and for an international instrument that will regulate education and research.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2019-11-07 #SABERexposed “Engaging the Private Sector”, by Brendan DeCoster.
As part of the blog series critiquing the World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative, I examine some of the more problematic aspects of the Bank’s claims that 1) they are representing a consensus on engagement of the private sector and 2) that they are not pursuing...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2019-11-05 New report sheds light on the threat privatisation poses for higher education in Latin America
A new study coordinated by CONADU (the National Federation of University Teachers) for Education International examines how privatisation is infringing upon higher education, the threat it poses for education systems, and the options available to unions to resist this process.
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Union growth 2019-11-05 How to secure and promote freedom of association? New ILO web application provides a guide for workers
The new web application launched by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) gives an overview of the principles and standards for freedom of association and explains ILO procedures and bodies that can help to secure and promote freedom of association across the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-10-31 #SABERexposed “SABER School Autonomy & Accountability”, by Lê Minh Hằng.
SABER School Autonomy & Accountability argues that a closed loop model of autonomy, assessment, and accountability will lead to better education outcomes. This blog post critiques some of the central assumptions behind this model and argues for alternative ways to view accountability.
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Union growth 2019-10-30 Trade union renewal, a global challenge
Research on the current state of unions in the world, commissioned by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities on the occasion of the International Labour Organisation’s Centenary celebration, shows that trade unions have enormous challenges ahead of them.
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Equity and inclusion 2019-10-30 2020: An auspicious year for women’s rights and gender equality
2020, a year to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the most progressive global blueprint for women’s rights ever adopted by governments.
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Democracy 2019-10-30 “Teachers – Being in Control or Being Controlled?”, by Jim Baker.
The status and role of professional teachers are affected by global efforts to make schools reason and operate like private companies even in some schools systems that may appear untouched by market reform fervour. A publication released last month on the profession addresses, in different contexts, the impact of that...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2019-10-29 World Bank ombudsman to launch investigation into IFC funding of Bridge International Academies
The World Bank’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), has published a report that finds “substantial concerns” regarding the International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s investment in for-profit education provider Bridge International Academies and has announced that they will launch an investigation into the matter.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-10-24 #SABERexposed “The World Bank’s SABER: A Knowledge Source or an Ideologically-Honed Weapon to Compel Neoliberal Educational Reforms?”, by Mark Ginsburg and Steven Klees.
The acronym for the World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) suggests two meanings. The first, based on a pronunciation with a short “a” sound and stress on the second syllable, calls to mind the Spanish term meaning knowledge (or to know). The second, based on a pronunciation...
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Democracy 2019-10-24 Global Media and Information Literacy Week: education nurtures informed, engaged and empowered citizens
In the era of fake news, media literacy is essential for democracies the world over. Educators play a crucial role in helping their students become responsible and discerning citizens who can navigate the increasingly complex media landscape and make informed decisions.
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Union growth 2019-10-22 “Education International. Eighth World Congress”, by John Bangs.
The online magazine ‘Education Journal’ recently published in its edition 385 a report of Education International’s eighth World Congress in Bangkok by EI Senior Consultant, John Bangs. Education Journal has agreed to its publication for Worlds of Education. It has been slightly edited for EI’s global audience.
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Union growth 2019-10-18 “Education – Changing the World”, by David Edwards
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE) devoted the most recent edition of its magazine, “Perspectives” to education and democracy. It covers the challenges to democracy in Canada, North America and the world. It also reports on education initiatives that have been developed in Canada to support and re-enforce democratic values and...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2019-10-17 Statement | EI calls on World Bank to change tack in education
As the board of governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund come together for the 2019 Annual Meetings in Washington this week, Education International sends two clear messages to the World Bank:
Statement | EI calls on World Bank to change tack in education