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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 October 2017 Canadian Teachers’ Federation vows to support immigrant families in Francophone minority settings
Through its launch of a new resource aimed at immigrants, the Canadian Teachers’ federation is working to facilitate the integration of newcomers and their families in French-language schools.
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Equity and inclusion 2 October 2017 Germany: Union focuses on need to address inclusion of refugees
German educators are addressing the best ways to integrate refugee children into the school system, pointing out challenges to the education systems status quo.
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Equity and inclusion 1 October 2017 Canadian union CTF supports dialogue on cultural diversity in schools
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) and the Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française (ACELF) launched the second edition of “Voir grand ensemble” at the ACELF Conference in Calgary, Alberta, September 28-30, 2017.
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Union growth 28 September 2017 Quality refugee education lagging a year after global commitments
With only modest advances made in the year since countries pledged education-related support to refugees at the 2016 UN General Assembly’s Leaders’ Summit, renewed calls for immediate action are being made.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2017 African teacher unions plan strategies to ensure refugees’ education
Education International’s General Secretary has reaffirmed the need for education unions, in Africa and the world over, to continue efforts towards the achievement of the refugees’ right to access quality education.
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Equity and inclusion 21 August 2017 Finland: government increases support for education of immigrant students and teachers
The Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö teachers’ union have called for increased teacher training in order to deliver quality education to immigrant students following a government announcement to boost funding for immigrant students’ education and integration.
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Equity and inclusion 10 August 2017 Asian teacher unions and civil society prepare to adopt the Global Compact for Migration
As the Global Compact takes shape, Education International and its Asian affiliates continue to take part in consultations to see that a rights-based approach is at the centre of the final agreement.
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Union growth 9 August 2017 Do not turn teachers into spies!
Recently the European Bangladesh Forum invited me to participate in a debate on violent extremism. At stake was the question: How to prevent violent extremism?
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Equity and inclusion 1 August 2017 UN Global Compact on migration must put workers and education rights first
Education International has called for the human, trade union and education rights of migrant children, teachers and education support personnel to be at the core of a new United Nations Global Compact on migration.
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Equity and inclusion 3 July 2017 Global Unions call for rights to be at the core of a new Global Compact on Migration
Education International joined other Global Unions to call for human, labour and education rights to be at the core of a new Global Compact on Migration.
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Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017 German Union Supports Teachers Facing Traumatised Refugee Children and Young People
As part of the response to teaching hundreds of thousands of newly arrived refugee children, the GEW has organised a series of workshops this year to support teachers and other education workers facing children with special psychological needs, such as trauma caused by the experience of war and the long...
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Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017 EIS (UK) supports teachers to deconstruct myths on immigration
Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), EI affiliate and Scotland’s largest education trade union, has created a series of guides for teachers and lecturers on how to address myths of immigration in the classroom. The union made available three different guides depending on age range to provide support to teachers to...
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Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017 In Vitoria (Spain), FECCOO supports teachers working in a multicultural context
The scope of the project called "My school is an intercultural world map in which we all learn better" is to develop teacher training activities, in order to improve the quality of day-to-day interactions with students from different cultural backgrounds.
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Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017 GEW and partners denounce the state of refugees’ education in Bremen, Germany
In a public event organized on 29 May 2017, the Bremen Education Union (GEW – LV Bremen) and the Bremen Refugee Council (Flüchtlingsrat Bremen) have criticised the lack of school places for hundreds of young refugees in Bremen. Despite the right to an education, and the legal requirement under German...
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Equity and inclusion 20 June 2017 Quality public education for refugees needed more than ever
With the number of forcibly displaced people at its highest in history, World Refugee Day reveals the urgent need for sustainable investment in public education to see that millions of children can access quality learning.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 May 2017 Italy: increasing numbers of refugee children choose a perilous journey in search of a better future
A new Education International study reveals the immense challenge facing Italian authorities and education personnel to help the thousands of unaccompanied minors safely integrate into society after reaching European shores.
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Union growth 10 May 2017 Arab countries’ teacher union leaders commit to defend human rights and quality public education
The newly elected leadership of the Committee of Education International's Arab Countries Cross-Regional Structure has vowed to protect human and trade union rights and promote quality public education for all in the region.
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Union growth 4 May 2017 From the classroom to the world and back: educators take on a global perspective
In a search for solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing people around the world, the second day of the Unite Conference in Rotterdam looked to build bridges from schools to politicians to policies.
From the classroom to the world and back: educators take on a global perspective