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Dita Vogel and Elina Stock share the findings of their recent study “Opportunities and Hope Through Education: How German Schools Include Refugees” You can find the publication at this address: https://issuu.com/educationinternational/docs/vogel_stockv9?e=3689445/55774886

Accountability in Education | Manos Antoninis by Education International

Top education unionists talk about their unions' joint work and activities to set up child labour free zones in Zimbabwe.

Tom Alegounarias, chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority, is interviewed by Martin Henry, EI Research Coordinators, about the importance of Professional Standards in Education.

Clara Kerstenne de la Centrale générale des services publics - Enseignement/Belgique nous parle de l'intégration des jeunes enseignant(e)s et des enseignant(e)s novices au sein de son syndicat.

To mark the quarter century of Education International, founding General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen recounts in his own words how the organisation came to be and how he sees its influence moving forward.

As Education International (EI) celebrates its 25th anniversary, a new podcast helps us look back to past achievements that have helped thousands of teachers deliver quality education, no matter the circumstances.

As EI turns 25, a new series of podcasts sheds light on past and future. This is the second episode dedicated to women leaders in Unions and in Society; a key area in EI's work since the beginning.

As EI turns 25, a new series of podcasts sheds light on past and future

This podcast features an interview with the Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the Japan Teachers’ Union, Mrs. Fumiyo Fukuzawa, who talks about her union’s engagement in development cooperation work.

This podcast features an interview with the head of the German teachers union GEW, Marilis Tepe, who explains the challenges faced by the German education system in the context of the arrival of refugee children into the country.

Today is human rights day, and this year we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights. Such a special day! Today’s podcast features Kerry Kennedy, head of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, who talked to our colleague Andrew King about the importance of human rights in education.

We had the chance to talk to Peter Mlimahadala, head of the disability department of the Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU). Peter is a visually impaired person, and talked to us about how teachers with disabilities are supporting each other in order to be able to teach and to deliver quality education to their students. How they overcome stigma, fight discrimination, and thrive in their working life i...

Thousands of children have arrived in Germany fleeing from war and extreme poverty since 2016. How are schools, teachers and communities working to integrate them and make sure they integrate into the school system? We talk to our German affiliate GEW in Bremerhaven.

Did you ever think about teachers as leaders? Here at EI that’s definitely the way we see them. During our Unite for Quality Education and Leadership Conference in Rotterdam last May we invited two experts to discuss this issue. Andy Hargreaves, from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, and Sean Slade, Director of Outreach at ASCD.

Today we're celebrating World Teachers Day with a special feature on academic freedom by our Deputy General Secretary David Edwards. Let us know your comments in the section below.

A few days ago, the World Bank released its first ever flagship report on education, called “learning to Realise education’s promise”. Now, if that doesn’t sound promising! Our policy officer Jennifer Ulrick and Action Aid’s David Archer unpack the most important bits of the report and look into the pros and cons of the Banks take on learning, teaching, education and the future of our school syste...

We are proud to present you with a podcast featuring Global Teacher Prize Award Winner Maggie MacDonnell. She was selected from among 20,000 nominees worldwide at the Varkey Foundation’s Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai last year.

What does it take to become a good teacher? What does the teacher curriculum have to include and what can teacher students expect when they embark on a teaching career? Today we will be looking at these issues with Beatrice Avalos, from the University of Santiago de Chile. She joined Education International for the Conference Unite for quality education and leadership in Rotterdam, the Netherlands...

Can a teacher use a printed copy of the 'Mona Lisa' in her classroom without being sued? What does copyright mean when applied to education material? Does an article written by a scholar at a public university belong to the journal it gets published in? David Robinson from CAUT explains.

Today we will be listening to a conversation between Cassandra Hallet da Silva, secretary general of the Canadian federation of teachers, and Winnie Namata, communications officer from UNATU Uganda. Two women working for a trade union, shouldn-t be surprising giving the fact that, in almost every country of the world, the great majority of teachers are women, but the reality faced within the struc...

How do teacher unions shape teacher professionalism and the professional identity of educators? Listen to our experts and learn more about what makes quality education.

Today we have a full studio at EI - researchers from all corners of the world joined us to discuss education issues here in Brussels.

Today we're on the phone with our affiliate ANDEN from Nicaragua, who carried out incredibly effective actions to get children out of work and into school, in a project with Education International. This podcast is in Spanish. Podcast en español.

Globalising compassion - Today we continue our series on child labour with a chat between Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi and our Deputy General Secretary Haldis Holst.