Happy New Year 2026: United for people, planet, peace and public education!
Thank you for being part of Education International. We wish you and your community joyful holidays and a new year of solidarity, organizing, and building union power!
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
17 December 2025
Prioritizing teacher pay in crisis: global challenges and opportunities
Education International took an active part in the 2025 Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, advocating for the global education community to prioritize teachers in contexts affected by crisis and displacement, building upon new research on international donor support for teacher salaries.
France: trade union mobilisation for education support staff essential to inclusive education
The CFDT Public Education, Training and Research Federation and its member unions recognise that “inclusive education represents a major democratic advance, by affirming the right of every child to learn within the French education system, regardless of their specific needs”. But the implementation of this principle is currently facing numerous...
#youngteachers “I owe my union activism to my students”, by Anthony Dowling (TUI, Ireland).
Anthony Dowling
If you are passing through Glasnevin Cemetery on the outskirts of Dublin City Centre, you may come across the noticeable yet simple gravestone of James Larkin. Engraved on it is ‘James Larkin 1876-1947, The Labour Leader’. Larkin’s Gravestone may be simple but the legacy he left behind is much more...