Articles from United States of America
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 February 2013 Seattle teachers reject standardised testing
The entire faculty of Garfield High School in Seattle, US, has voted not to give students a standardised test used in teacher evaluations, the so-called Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).
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Union growth 4 February 2013 EI cherishes centenary of human rights activist
In December 1955, in Montgomery, USA, a black seamstress refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger, even though this was required by regulations. Her name was Rosa Parks, and she has been called ‘the mother of the freedom movement’. February 4 is the 100th...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 January 2013 US: Boosting standards for teacher preparation
Raising the bar for students raises it for their teachers as well. To help teachers meet this challenge, one of EI’s affiliates in the United States, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has developed a proposal for improving the quality of the teaching profession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 January 2013 USA: Call for strong response to ongoing school shootings
After another school shooting in Taft, California, EI’s national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have expressed their deep shock and reiterated the urgent need to prevent future tragedies.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 December 2012 Dave Lindorff: Heroes or Greedy Moochers at the Public Trough?
I’ll be brief here. Let’s just note that the heroic teachers who died while courageously trying to protect their kids at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, and the others who survived but stayed to protect the kids, were all part of a school system where the employees...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 December 2012 US: Michigan passes bills restricting collective bargaining
The Republican-controlled legislature in Michigan passed two misleadingly- named ‘right-to-work’ bills last week. These would allow workers to avoid paying dues to a union representing their sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 December 2012 US education community shares Newtown’s grief and loss
EI affiliates in the US, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have expressed their deep condolences to families, educators and the whole community of Newtown, Connecticut, after a shooting rampage at a school left 26 people dead, including 20 students, on Friday.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 December 2012 Statement by Education International on School Shooting in Newtown USA on 14 December 2012
The international community of educators and school employees, represented by Education International, is deeply shocked by the killing of twenty children and six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, USA, yesterday.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 December 2012 USA: 26 Killed in School Shooting
“There are no records of a massacre of this size hitting a school population outside a warzone since the massacre at Virginia Tech in 2007,” says the General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, commenting on the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, USA, yesterday, whereby twenty children and six...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 November 2012 Share My Lesson: using technology to share teaching resources
Share My Lesson (SML) is a new digital platform developed by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its British partner, TES Connect. In the free SML online community, educators can come together to access and share high-quality teaching resources.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2012 North American educators show great solidarity in times of crisis
The teaching profession has undoubtedly suffered as a result of the onset of the 2008 economic recession that still hovers above the heads of educational professionals around the world today. Teachers’ salaries have been cut or frozen, teaching hours have increased in several countries without added pay, collective-bargaining rights have...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 November 2012 USA: Educators celebrate International Education Week
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s U.S. affiliates, will actively participate in the third annual Global Education Conference (GEC), to take place entirely online during International Education Week, from 12-16 November.
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Advocating for a Strong Profession:Advocating for a Strong Profession:
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Union renewal and development 8 November 2012 USA: Teachers and their unions rising to the challenge in hurricane aftermath
Many teachers, their colleagues, and their communities, primarily in New York and New Jersey, were struck hard by Hurricane Sandy. Their homes were destroyed, and their schools and workplaces severely damaged. Many families still find themselves facing an emergency, lacking clean water, food, clothing and new power outages.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2012 Educators worldwide hopeful after Obama’s re-election
Obama was supported by both EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), because of his involvement in maintaining public services and promoting education in particular. EI urges Obama and other global leaders to continue and increase their spending on education and quality...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 USA: Chicago teachers’ successful negotiations
Following the well-followed strike it called for on 9 September, the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) entered immediate negotiations with Chicago legislative officials and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As of 17 September, the strike has been called off after the CTU succeeded in negotiating a fairer contract for Chicago’s teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 September 2012 US: Teachers in Chicago strike over pay and evaluation changes
As many as 6,000 US teachers are facing potential dismissal due to recent education reforms that were passed in Chicago, a city which houses the third-largest public school district in the country.
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Union growth 31 August 2012 U.S.A.: Education unionists celebrate Labour Day
The American Federation of teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), EI’s national affiliates, honour all workers countrywide on Monday 3 September, U.S. Labour Day.
U.S.A.: Education unionists celebrate Labour Day