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   Trade union rights are human rights 2 June 2023

   Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation

   On May 20th, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) held its National Teacher's Congress at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul. The congress celebrated the 34th anniversary of the KTU and challenged the Yoon Seokyeol administration's regressive education policies. The government responded with a search and seizure at the union’s...

   Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation

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   Leading the profession 28 March 2023

   South Korea : Co-creating a common purpose through Teacher-led Learning Circles

   The Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project held its first network event in South Korea on 18 and 19 February 2023. The network event provided a central place where project participants from Jeju, Kyungnam and Jeonbuk provinces could come together. This allowed for thirty teachers, six facilitators, two...

   South Korea : Co-creating a common purpose through Teacher-led Learning Circles

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   Leading the profession 5 February 2023

   Teacher-Led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments: Supporting teachers’ professional development and leadership around the globe

   Education International, the global federation of education unions, is launching the Teacher-led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments project with funding from the Jacobs Foundation. The project aims to provide teachers with tools and support to identify and establish effective teacher-led formative assessment practices that can be disseminated within and across...

   Teacher-Led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments: Supporting teachers’ professional development and leadership around the globe

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   Equity and inclusion 5 August 2021

   East Asian education unions unite for quality peace education

   Understanding that history is often distorted and that political forces often interfere with education systems and curricula, Chinese, Korean and Japanese teachers are exploring their shared past to teach students for a better future.

   East Asian education unions unite for quality peace education

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   Union growth 8 December 2020

   Korea: Educators mourn the death of Lee Dong-Jin, a great education union leader

   Education International and the global education union community is saddened by the passing on 6 December of Lee Dong-Jin (68), a great education unionist, former leader of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) and former member of Education International’s Executive Board.

   Korea: Educators mourn the death of Lee Dong-Jin, a great education union leader

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   Trade union rights are human rights 3 September 2020

   Korea: Supreme Court annuls decision to delegalise union

   The decision to delegalise the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) has been annulled by the Supreme Court of Korea. The government had ordered the delegalisation of the organisation in 2013.

   Korea: Supreme Court annuls decision to delegalise union