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Standards and working conditions In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises
Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou
30 June 2025The research examines recent trends in the higher education sector and how they align with the current provisions of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997) and the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession. It also analyses higher education unions' experience with...
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Research Rising Voices: Women’s Leadership in Arab Education Unions
Opportunities, Challenges, Obstacles & Solutions for Increasing Women’s Participation and Leadership
24 June 2025Maha Rissouni, June 2025 Education International decided to conduct this study in six Arab countries in partnership with a significant number of Arab education unions: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 School Leadership in Africa: Policy and Practice
23 June 2025This study, commissioned by Education International Africa and carried out by Dr Casmir Chanda, sheds light on key issues surrounding school leadership through a comprehensive analysis of education policies and the lived experiences of school principals' union leaders across the continent.
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Climate action and literacy Towards quality climate change education for all: A critical assessment of climate education policies in India and the Philippines
Dr. Ruchira Das, Dr. Ranjana Das
4 June 2025This research project explores and critically analyses climate change education policies and their execution in two South Asian nations that are pronouncedly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, the Philippines and India.
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Standards and working conditions Just Wages for Public School Teachers in Lebanon
Teacher Remuneration During Emergencies
12 May 2025The under-resourcing of the public education sector in Lebanon negatively impacts teachers’ labour rights, working conditions, wages, professional development, and well-being. These issues stem from systemic problems tied to Lebanon’s political and economic context.
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Standards and working conditions Teacher Compensation in Crisis Contexts: Challenges in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Dr. Eman Najjar, Dr. Hilmi Hamdan
5 May 2025This study aims to investigate the primary factors contributing to irregular salary disbursements in Palestine during emergencies, identify potential interventions to address the issue, and evaluate the consequences of financial instability on the quality of education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Teacher compensation in crisis contexts: Problems & paradoxes for paying teachers in South Sudan
Mading Peter Angong, Sarah Etzel, Whitney Hough, Mary Mendenhall, Kemigisha Richardson, Tiffany Tryon, Malok Mading Wol
28 April 2025Teachers are essential to upholding the right to quality education for children in crisis and displacement contexts, yet they often experience delayed, irregular, or insufficient compensation, leading to demotivation, absenteeism, and destabilization of educational systems.
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Future of work in education The Global Status of Teachers 2024
Dr. Ben Arnold, Dr. Mark Rahimi
23 January 2025The Global Status of Teachers report provides a global and regional analysis of the status and conditions of the teaching profession by representing the views of teacher unions worldwide.
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Equity and inclusion Unions leading the way to decolonise education
Gabriela Bonilla
10 December 2024This research on the decolonisation of education aims to promote further reflection among Education International (EI) member organisations on the role of unions, teachers, and policy in the decolonisation of education.
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report UruguayFinal report Uruguay
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report SwitzerlandFinal report Switzerland
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report South KoreaFinal report South Korea
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report MalaysiaFinal report Malaysia
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report GhanaFinal report Ghana
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report Côte D’ivoireFinal report Côte D’ivoire
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Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment Final report BrazilFinal report Brazil
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Leading the profession Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment: Full Report of International Research Findings
Carol Campbell, Christopher DeLuca, Danielle LaPointe-McEwan, Maeva Ceau, Nathan Rickey
7 November 2024The Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project facilitated professional learning and development to advance teachers’ leadership of educational improvement with a focus on increasing confidence in, understanding of, and use of student focused formative assessment practices for enhanced student learning. The dual focus on both teachers’ development and...
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Equity and inclusion Report on the 2024 Education International Quadrennial Survey on LGBTI+ Rights in Education
28 July 2024The 2024 Quadrennial Survey aims to provide an informative cross-section of union policies, advocacy points and current educational challenges, together with selected case studies which seek to advance EI’s work furthering and protecting LGBTI+ rights in and through education.