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Articles from United States of America

  1. Equity and inclusion 9 March 2015

    International Women’s Day: activists bring the Big Apple to a standstill

    Education International’s delegation to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women marched alongside thousands of activists through New York Sunday for gender equality and the rights of women and girls.

    International Women’s Day: activists bring the Big Apple to a standstill
  2. Union renewal and development 13 February 2015

    EI General Secretary takes the Harvard stage

    Fred van Leeuwen, Education International’s General Secretary, has held a lecture at Harvard University on the challenges faced by teachers in the 21st century.

    EI General Secretary takes the Harvard stage
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 26 November 2014

    USA: Teacher union objects to Coca-Cola in schools

    The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has banned Coca-Cola products from its facilities and events, citing Coca-Cola's child labour and human rights record.

    USA: Teacher union objects to Coca-Cola in schools
  4. Union renewal and development 18 November 2014

    Son of NEA member slain by Islamic State

    The latest act of violence committed by ISIS has left one family and member of the National Education Association in mourning following the killing of their son and aid worker in Syria.

    Son of NEA member slain by Islamic State
  5. Equity and inclusion 10 October 2014

    USA: LGBT people pay an ‘unfair price’

    Education International (EI) welcomes a landmark report which provides a stark picture of the added financial burdens faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in United States because of discriminatory laws.

    USA: LGBT people pay an ‘unfair price’
  6. Trade union rights are human rights 9 October 2014

    EI calls for release of kidnapped US hostage

    Education International joins its US affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, in calling for the safe release of American academic Warren Weinstein, who was abducted in Pakistan by al Qaeda.

    EI calls for release of kidnapped US hostage
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 28 August 2014

    USA: Ferguson’s teachers and students seek refuge in the classroom

    As schools begin to reopen nearly two weeks late following the police shooting of an unarmed African American man, education is being looked to as a way to heal the wounds inflicted on the city’s students.

    USA: Ferguson’s teachers and students seek refuge in the classroom
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2014

    USA: AFT elects its leaders

    Delegates at the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) national convention have voted overwhelmingly to re-elect AFT President Randi Weingarten for a third term. Lorretta Johnson was also re-elected Secretary-Treasurer, and Mary Cathryn Ricker was chosen to succeed Executive Vice-President Francine Lawrence, who plans to retire this year.

    USA: AFT elects its leaders
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014

    Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education

    The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) meets in Los Angeles, California, US for its biennial convention - the most important policymaking body of the federation.

    Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education
  10. Standards and working conditions 13 June 2014

    USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack

    America’s biggest teachers’ unions are voicing their opposition to a California Superior Court’s decision to strip teachers of tenure, a ruling that found the laws intended to protect educators are in fact unconstitutional.

    USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack
  11. Equity and inclusion 30 May 2014

    USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools

    EI has strongly condemned the fact that 18-year-old Jessica Urbina, who wore a stylist tuxedo in her high school portrait, was told by school officials that her picture would not appear in her class yearbook due to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s rule that girls must appear in dresses for...

    USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014

    USA: 2015 budget unsatisfactory, say teacher unions

    EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have slammed the budgetary proposals contained for 2015 put forward by the House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

    USA: 2015 budget unsatisfactory, say teacher unions
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2014

    Education awards call for nominations!

    The McGraw Hill Financial Research Foundation has launched an outreach campaign to solicit nominations from the educational community for the 2014 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.

    Education awards call for nominations!
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014

    US: Call for Government to increase funds for quality education worldwide

    It is time for the United States to consider pledging substantially more to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund. That’s according to the RESULTS Educational Fund, a non-profit citizen’s advocacy organisation based in Washington, D.C., USA. RESULTS is committed to educating the public, the media, and government leaders about...

    US: Call for Government to increase funds for quality education worldwide
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2013

    USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education

    EI’s US national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) participated in a hugely successful National Day of Action for public education on 9 December. This was the largest coordinated action to reclaim the promise of public education in the US, under the banner...

    USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education
  16. Equity and inclusion 15 October 2013

    USA: Union leaders arrested while defending immigrant rights

    EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have condemned trade union leaders’ arrests during marches to demand a vote on comprehensive immigration reform in their country.

    USA: Union leaders arrested while defending immigrant rights