Articles from United States of America
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2013 Unite diary: UN meetings focus on education
With little more than 800 days left to reach the Millennium Development Goals, the education focus sharpened dramatically late last week as the UN General Assembly held a special event to review progress made.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2013 Unite Diary: Education Is A Right That Deserves Continuing Global Goal
It was the closing of a meeting here in New York, but it was a teacher union leader and EI speaker that opened the eyes of participants focusing on a simple proposition: education should be a continuing standalone goal for international development.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2013 Unite Diary: Education Focus of Early UN Sessions
The UN General Assembly has kicked off in the near-gridlocked city of New York for a week of meetings and speeches. It’s a critical time for education and Education International is here to voice concerns of the world’s educators; to keep access to quality education for all students high on...
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 September 2013 US: Human rights comes centre stage for students
One of EI’s affiliate in the US, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has developed a useful toolkit designed to help the teaching of human rights in the classroom.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 August 2013 EI marks anniversary of March to Washington
28 August marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was during this March that American activist Martin Luther King delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, calling for an end to racism in the US.
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Equity and inclusion 19 August 2013 USA: Education unionists mobilise for immigration reform
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has called on the US House of Representatives to adopt legislation initiating a comprehensive immigration reform.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 July 2013 Profs push back on MOOCs
Professors at San Jose State University in California are refusing to use a Harvard-produced philosophy course developed by edX, one of the major providers of the controversial Massive On-Line Open Courses (MOOCs), out of concern the intention is to replace faculty with cheaper on-line education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 July 2013 USA: Educators renew their defence of public education
The 2013 American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) TEACH Conference is focusing on what it will take to reclaim the promise of public education so that all children can succeed. The event is bringing together more than 2,000 educators, union leaders, administrators, activists, and civic and community leaders from 22-24 July...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2013 Share My LessonShare My Lesson
Randi Weingarten
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Standards and working conditions 11 July 2013 US: educators raise their hands for student success
The National Education Association (NEA), EI’s largest affiliate in the United States, has launched a nationwide campaign to encourage educators to become leaders in a national movement for quality public education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 July 2013 USA: NEA to help make lesson plans available
EI’s largest affiliate, the National Education Association (NEA) in the United States has announced an initiative, the NEA Master Teacher Project, to fund the redesign and expansion of BetterLesson's site and pay 95 math and English language arts teachers selected by an intense vetting process $15,000 to record and share...
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Equity and inclusion 27 June 2013 US: Landmark ruling victories
The US Supreme Court’s recent decision on same-sex couple legal protections that dramatically advance equality and human rights has been welcomed by the Presidents of both of EI’s affiliates in the US: the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 May 2013 US: 50 schools to be shut down - largest public school closure in history
Last week, Chicago announced the closure of 50 public schools, the majority of them on the South and West sides of the city, in the poorer neighbourhoods. The closures represent about eight per cent of the 681 public schools in Chicago, the third-largest school district in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 April 2013 USA: Union joins global education campaign
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has joined in the Global Action Week (GAW) led by the Global Campaign for Education, and held from 21-27 April. The theme of this year’s GAW is “Every Child Needs a Teacher”.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 April 2013 USA: Unions file federal lawsuit over teacher-evaluation procedure
The National Education Association (NEA), an EI national affiliate, together with the Florida Education Association (FEA), has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the evaluation of teachers based on the standardised test scores of students they do not teach or based on subjects they do not teach.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2013 USA: Educator unions reject guns in schools
EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have strongly rejected the conclusions of a report released by the National Rifle Association (NRA) task force.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 March 2013 USA: Teacher leader arrested
On 7 March, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten was placed in handcuffs and arrested along with 18 other activists during a protest against the closure of 29 public schools in Philadelphia which, according to Mayor Nutter and the School Reform Commission, are poorly performing schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 February 2013 USA: Education unions welcome Obama’s proposals on ECE
EI’s national affiliates, The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have welcomed President Obama’s proposal to dramatically increase access to early childhood education (ECE) for American students.
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