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Articles from United States of America

  1. Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 June 2011

    USA: Education union vows to back Obama to defend education

    With the United States presidential elections a little over a year away, EI’s largest U.S. affiliate, the National Education Association (NEA), has set out proposals for a strategy to invest $60 million into a campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama.

    USA: Education union vows to back Obama to defend education
  2. Standards and working conditions 31 May 2011

    Wisconsin ‘budget bill’ struck down by court

    The controversial Wisconsin law which proposed to take away most collective bargaining rights from public workers has been struck down by a circuit court judge. However, the ruling will not be the final say in the union fight that brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets this year.

    Wisconsin ‘budget bill’ struck down by court
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 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
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 March 2011

    EI General Secretary tells Summit 'nations are built on public schools'

    At the International Summit on the Teaching Profession, EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has told participants of a "global consensus that the teaching profession is the most crucial in-school factor to achieving high quality education."

    EI General Secretary tells Summit 'nations are built on public schools'
  5. Standards and working conditions 18 March 2011

    Sixteen countries and regions convened for first ever international summit on the teaching profession to promote building, developing and sustaining world class teaching force

    Teachers, education leaders and policymakers from rapidly improving and high-performing nations and regions shared common challenges and best practices

    Sixteen countries and regions convened for first ever international summit on the teaching profession to promote building, developing and sustaining world class teaching force
  6. Standards and working conditions 17 March 2011

    EI and affiliates join international summit on teaching profession

    Leaders of EI affiliates have joined their national education minister counterparts in a Summit on the Future of the Teaching Profession organised by EI, the OECD and U.S. Department of Education in New York City, from 16-17 March.

    EI and affiliates join international summit on teaching profession
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 10 March 2011

    USA: Senators restrict public-sector and teacher unions' rights

    Republicans in the Wisconsin state senate have approved a regressive plan to strip public-sector and teacher trade unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.

    USA: Senators restrict public-sector and teacher unions' rights
  8. Trade union rights are human rights 1 March 2011

    EI combats attacks on teachers' union rights

    The threat from the hard-line Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker to remove teachers’ collective bargaining rights, as well as health and pension benefits, has brought thousands of pro-union activists onto US streets.

    EI combats attacks on teachers' union rights
  9. Standards and working conditions 1 March 2011

    New York City threatens massive teacher redundancies

    Amid stout battles to save collective bargaining rights for teachers, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Association (NEA) have learned that up to 5,000 teachers are threatened with redundancy in New York.

    New York City threatens massive teacher redundancies
  10. Union growth 24 February 2011

    Historian of education defends teachers’ right to organise

    Eminent academic Diane Ravitch has delivered a stinging rebuke of Wisconsin's Governor, Scott Walker, and his efforts to reduce pay of teachers and public sector workers, while restricting their collective bargaining and union rights.

    Historian of education defends teachers’ right to organise
  11. Standards and working conditions 18 February 2011

    Teachers Worldwide Express Solidarity with US Public Employees

    Teachers around the globe are deeply concerned about efforts to strip educators and other public employees of fundamental trade union rights.

    Teachers Worldwide Express Solidarity with US Public Employees
  12. Standards and working conditions 18 February 2011

    Expression of Solidarity with US Public Employees by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary

    On behalf of Education International, the Global Union Federation representing 30 million teachers and education workers through 396 member organisations in 171 countries and territories, I express our concern over Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget bill to strip 175,000 state employees, including teachers, of collective bargaining rights.

    Expression of Solidarity with US Public Employees by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary
  13. Standards and working conditions 14 February 2011

    EI General Secretary meets US Education Secretary

    EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has paid a courtesy visit to the Secretary of Education of the United States of America, Arne Duncan, in Washington DC.

    EI General Secretary meets US Education Secretary
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 February 2011

    Wear a pink heart for quality public education!

    The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is encouraging everybody to wear a pink heart on 14 February, Valentine’s Day, as a symbol of love for quality education and public services.

    Wear a pink heart for quality public education!
  15. Standards and working conditions 16 December 2010

    EI and affiliates to make the case for teachers at global summit

    EI and its US affiliate members, the National Education Association (NEA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT), will join world leaders from the OECD at a Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York, from 16-17 March, 2011.

    EI and affiliates to make the case for teachers at global summit
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 October 2010

    USA: Educators are not waiting for Superman

    American public education is facing attack on a scale without precedent. A new film favouring the privatisation campaign, which serves the interests of markets over children’s fundamental right to a quality education, has been released.

    USA: Educators are not waiting for Superman
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 October 2010

    Lobbying for legislation to commit US to Global Education Fund

    Despite world leaders committing to achieve universal primary education by 2015, as part of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Summit in 2000, this goal remains unfulfilled with limited progress and time running out.

    Lobbying for legislation to commit US to Global Education Fund
  18. Standards and working conditions 11 August 2010

    United States: Historic victory for education, teachers and unions

    The US House of Representatives has voted to approve new legislation that will inject more than $10 billion in aid to states and school districts to save education jobs that were threatened by budget cuts.

    United States: Historic victory for education, teachers and unions