We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.
The Executive Board of Education International has issued a statement condemning the crimes perpetrated against girls in a private school in Liberia operated by the charity More Than Me.
Liberia: EI condemns crimes against girls at the US charity operated school More than Me
Education International’s upcoming Executive Board meeting will review the global trade union federation’s extensive programmes and prepare the organisation’s World Congress in 2019.
Education International Executive Board meets in Brussels to look into the organisation's future
The World Bank has just issued its World Development Report for 2019. Although slightly improved in some places from earlier drafts, it is still the same approach.
World Bank World Development Report 2019: Once again, the “cure” is worse than the disease
After the major earthquake off the coast of Central Sulawesi produced a tsunami that killed over 1,400 people, Education International has called for solidarity from its affiliate to help affected teachers.
Indonesia: global solidarity effort supporting educators affected by natural catastrophe
On the eve of the launch of the World Bank’s Human Capital Index (HCI), David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International, critiques the new global metric.
EI General Secretary critiques the World Bank’s Human Capital Index
A lack of qualified teachers and poor working conditions for teaches worldwide are highlighted in a report released by Education International to mark World Teachers’ Day (5 October).
On World Teachers’ Day, new report highlights urgent need to improve education
We should thank teachers for being educators but also for fighting to defend the rights of teachers and their students.
#EI25: “25 Years Defending the Right to Education”, by Dr. Patrick Roach
In Mozambique, significant progress is being made in creating a new education union, with the help and support of Education International and its affiliates.
Mozambique: International support in new union creation
You might think that there is a great distance between the international trade union movement and your own union or country. But my experience as a member of the EI Executive Board has shown close links.
#EI25: “Education International and member unions: weaving fabric of justice”, by Masaki Okajima
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Education International urges the World Bank to radically change its approach, which is damaging to workers, democracy and the future of our societies.
EI on the World Development Report: “One must have a vision to have hope”