EI has published an exciting new study looking at equity issues concerning teachers and students. The work was commissioned by the EI Research Institute to a team of researchers, led by Dr. Elizabeth Wood, at the University of Exeter.
The study aimed to find new evidence about the importance of equity in education. It explores and analyses how teacher unions understand and use equity concepts in their policies and advocacy to advance the aim of quality education for all.
The study is based on an extensive literature review, an EI membership survey and a set of country case studies.
International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence
“Education is not an assembly line, a content delivery platform, or, under any circumstances, a transaction. Our students are not data, and our classrooms are not markets.”
This was stated by José Olivera of Uruguay’s National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers (FENAPES) during his intervention before the International Labour Organization...
ComNet Europe: Union communicators align to advance public education, democracy and workers’ rights
Education union communicators from across Europe came together through the Education International (EI) ComNet Europe to sharpen a shared narrative: public education must be defended and funded, democracy must be protected, and Artificial Intelligence y in schools must be shaped by educators - not imposed on them.
UK: Shock at untimely death of Gareth Young, trade union leader and global activist
Education International is saddened by the news of the death of Gareth Young, deputy general secretary of the NASUWT–The Teachers’ Union, on 14 December.
