Articles from United States of America
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Union renewal and development 30 October 2015 Obama’s admission that high-stakes testing doesn’t work a positive step forward
This week’s announcement by the American president that he and his administration acknowledge that current high-stakes standardized testing does not work may be the first step to returning quality learning to classrooms.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 October 2015 More shooting horror on a US college campus
A young lone gunman killed nine people at an American college - Umpqua Community College in Roseburg on Thursday morning.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 August 2015 United States: Education Support Personnel hit hard by budget cuts
The educaction community in the United States highlights a worrying trend: shrinking budgets or ending grant money push Education Support Personnel (ESP) into unemployment, reducing overall education employee capacity.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2015 World Congress delegates go to AFT TEACH en-route to Ottawa
Twenty-three delegates from nine Education International member countries are in Washington, DC, this week as participants in the American Federation of Teachers’ biennial professional development conference, “Together Educating America’s Children,” also known as TEACH.
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Union renewal and development 7 July 2015 Blog: What I learned from Ron Thorpe
Education International Deputy General Secretary David Edwards reflects on the career, life, and influence of his friend and collaborator Ron Thorpe, who passed away last week after a lengthy illness.
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Union renewal and development 7 July 2015 USA: NEA gears up for EI World Congress
The National Education Association has started preparing for World Congress during its annual Representatives’ Assembly in Orlando, Florida, where more than seven hundred of its three thousand delegates learnt about Education International first hand.
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Union renewal and development 2 July 2015 EI says goodbye to a close friend
Ron Thorpe, a dedicated advocate for quality education who championed the work of teachers for more than 40 years, passed away July 1st following an extended illness.
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Equity and inclusion 29 June 2015 American educators celebrate marriage equality ruling
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage is being praised by Education International’s American affiliates as a major step toward ending discrimination and moving the country onto the right side of history.
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Union growth 5 June 2015 A Teachers’ Code for fair recruitment
A new Code, backed by the American Federation of Teachers, will help ensure that international recruitment and employment of teachers in the United States is ethical, fair and transparent.
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Union growth 24 April 2015 Former SUNY professor dies in drone strike
The international higher education community mourns the death of an American colleague, Dr Warren Weinstein, who was held hostage by al-Qaida on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan since 13 August 2011.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 April 2015 USA: #BringBackOurGirls from Nigeria, say American educators
One year after their abduction by Boko Haram terrorists, two female Nigerian students who escaped their kidnappers were hosted by American education unionists who renewed their pledge to see the remaining kidnapped students returned to their families.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 March 2015 Pearson caught spying on students
The American Federation of Teachers was aghast to discover that the world’s largest edu-business has undertaken a new activity, moving from administering tests to online surveillance to monitor American students’ social media activity in search of cheaters.
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Equity and inclusion 13 March 2015 Gender equality, women’s human rights and empowerment within and beyond the post-2015 agenda
Education International has co-sponsored a panel discussion focusing on the key priorities for gender equality, women’s human rights and empowerment in the new post-2015 sustainable development framework to be agreed by United Nations’ member states this fall.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 March 2015 Education stories hit the big screen in America’s capital
This week in Washington D.C. the classroom enters the cinema to present education in ways not commonly seen, helping to provoke new ideas, debate, and the chance to reveal how film can unlock potential.
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Equity and inclusion 10 March 2015 New York: Trade union delegation demands more from their governments
Global Union delegations at the UN are urging member states to make a stronger commitment to women’s economic rights on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and in the new sustainable development goals.
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Equity and inclusion 9 March 2015 International Women’s Day: activists bring the Big Apple to a standstill
Education International’s delegation to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women marched alongside thousands of activists through New York Sunday for gender equality and the rights of women and girls.
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Union renewal and development 13 February 2015 EI General Secretary takes the Harvard stage
Fred van Leeuwen, Education International’s General Secretary, has held a lecture at Harvard University on the challenges faced by teachers in the 21st century.
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Union growth 26 November 2014 USA: Teacher union objects to Coca-Cola in schools
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has banned Coca-Cola products from its facilities and events, citing Coca-Cola's child labour and human rights record.
USA: Teacher union objects to Coca-Cola in schools