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On the occasion of the international day against child labour we talked to our friends in Mali who explained what teachers are doing to get children out of work and into school.

In this podcast we will lean about child labour in Uganda and how teachers unions are working to get children out of work and into school.

As the global partnership for education (also known as GPE) is moving towards its replenishment, in this podcast we will be looking into how the financing of education through the GPE has materialised itself. We will learn about the current state of financing of education and about the resources that are available for this funding.

PISA – what should its aim be? Who should benefit from its analysis? What is the role of teachers in the whole process? How can they be involved in the interpretation of the results? All these questions are addressed by EI senior consultant John Bangs and Yuri Belfali, Head of Division at the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills.

It doesn't get more international than this: from Ghana to Portugal, we will learn about the situation of various education systems, the impact of privatisation and what it takes for quality education to become a reality.

What do we mean when we talk about teachers and accountability? How can you measure it in a fair way? How does it impact quality education and quality teaching? These and other topics are featured in this week's podcast with our research coordinator Martin Henry and Tore Sorensen.

David Edwards from EI talks to Dutch teacher and author Jelmer Evers about how to create a world-wide network of teachers for teachers. What are the challenges? How could it help teachers be better professionals and be more empowered? Don't miss this latest episode of our podcast series.

Andy Hargreaves, the Thomas More Brennan Chair in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, talks to EI about education reform in the USA, privatisation and how policy makers are influenced by their own experience with the education system.

This week we are talking to our colleagues from Kenya to find out what the situation of the education sector is like in the country. Do teachers have the resources they need? What is the matter with all the private schools that are emerging? What could be done so that students learn more and better? Stay tuned!

Together with Education International’s Antonia Wulff, Jane Porter, from the New Zealand Educational Institute - Te Riu Roa discusses challenges for the education support personnel to see their contribution to quality education for all acknowledged. For more information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/14819/new-zealand-a-voice-for-the-%e2%80%9csilent-army%e2%80%9d-of-education-support-personnel

In this podcast Steve Snider talks to Sean Slade about the whole child approach to education, and how health and education are two sides of the same coin. Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel if you like our podcasts!

Why is a woman's place in ... her union? How do unions make a difference when it comes to women's economic status and gender equality? Will the world achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? These and other subjects are addressed by Dianne Woloschuk Executive Board member of EI and chair of EI's Committee on the Status of Women.

In this edition, EI’s Nicolás Richards speaks with Sonia Alesso, General Secretary of CTERA, Argentina, Roberto Franklin de Leao, International relations secretary of CNTE Brazil, and Luis Grubert, former President of FECODE Colombia. Together they discuss the gripping political and trade union situation in the region, and the fights they are leading on behalf of their unions.

Together with Education International’s Dennis Sinyolo, Prosper Lubuva, from the Tanzania Teachers’ Unions discusses challenges in early childhood education, and how to increase early childhood educators’ professionalism through the development of a competence profile.

Avec Claude Carroué de l'Internationale de l'Éducation, Daniel Lafrenière de la Centrale des syndicats du Québec examine la situation des personnel de soutien à l'éducation et leur importance pour l'éducation des élèves.

This new podcast contains a phone interview with Celia Nicholas from the Dominica Association of Teachers, who describes her union's experience with a natural disaster like hurricane Erika, and how international solidarity helped teachers and students on the small island of Dominica overcome destruction and grief. More information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4250

Education International's Consultant John Bangs analyses the outcomes of the 2015 OECD PISA.

Together with Education International’s Deputy General Secretary David Edwards, Boston College Professor Dennis Shirley discusses global trends in education and shares what he has identified as the five new imperatives of educational change. More information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4238

Together with Education International Deputy General Secretary David Edwards, Colombian academic Miguel Ángel Beltrán discusses challenges to the implementation of human and trade union rights in his country. More information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4226

Education International's Martin Henry and John Bangs discuss the latest edition of the Organisation for Economic Development's (OECD) Education At A Glance report and its impact on education policy worldwide. More information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4102