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  1. Standards and working conditions 3 February 2016

    Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately

    Education International has strongly protested to the Iraqi Prime Minister about the ongoing delays in the payment of teachers’ salaries in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

    Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately
  2. Standards and working conditions 1 February 2016

    New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory

    After a decades-long fight, thousands of teachers will benefit from a new national professional pathways plan that includes professional development, higher wages and fewer contact hours.

    New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory
  3. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016

    Always Learning

    Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan, Bob Lingard

    Always Learning

    Always Learning
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016

    Reforms and teachers

    Antoni Verger

    Reforms and teachers
  5. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016

    Selling out the Right to Quality Public Education for All

    Carol Anne Spreen

    In this issue we bring together scholars, educators and advocates who have been working with EI in a global anti-privatisation effort. These scholars are working around the world to raise awareness about how and why education is being placed in the hands of corporations or “edu-preneurs”, instead of educators. The...

    Selling out the Right to Quality Public Education for All
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2016

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all

    Marking a major win for public education, the Tanzanian government has implemented a new policy making secondary education free for all, and in doing so removes all required fees to go to school.

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all
  7. Union renewal and development 29 January 2016

    Uganda: teachers get ‘teched out’ to improve teaching and learning

    Teachers in Northern Uganda are set to use information and communication technologies to improve the way they teach and their students learn, following a donation of equipment they received from Education International and Oxfam Novib.

    Uganda: teachers get ‘teched out’ to improve teaching and learning
  8. Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 January 2016

    Global teacher unions say ‘no’ to Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Led by Education International, teacher unions are urging their governments to carve-out education from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on the eve of the official signing.

    Global teacher unions say ‘no’ to Trans-Pacific Partnership
  9. Union renewal and development 28 January 2016

    Online course on workers’ rights open for students across the globe

    An eight-week online course giving students from around the world the chance to earn a higher education certificate on Worker’s Rights in the Global Economy, a blend of economics, human rights and international law.

    Online course on workers’ rights open for students across the globe
  10. Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 January 2016

    Mexican union launches anti-privatisation programme

    Committed to defending the constitutional right to quality education, Mexican union SNTE is gearing up for a campaign to halt the spread of for-profit private education in the country.

    Mexican union launches anti-privatisation programme
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 January 2016

    United Kingdom: Empowering teachers to empower learners

    Finding innovative, practical solutions to today’s social challenges; the need to build a movement of empowered - and empowering - teachers; and embracing a humane, democratic approach to transforming education systems - those were the issues discussed by educators and experts at a recent event in London.

    United Kingdom: Empowering teachers to empower learners