French Teachers to Join General Strike
Teachers and students demonstrating against cuts last year
French teachers and academic staff are due to strike on Thursday together with all the main unions
January 27 2009 | General | No Comments »
Archive for January, 2009
UK teachers Strike against Privatisation Plans
Campaigning Against an Academy in Kent Last Year
Teachers in some schools in London are going on strike next week to oppose plans to turn their schools into ‘academies’.
January 25 2009 | General | No Comments »
Korean Teachers Sacked for refusing to administer Tests
4 members of the South Korean Teachers Union (KTU) have been sacked for refusing to adminster standardised tests continue reading »
January 23 2009 | General | No Comments »
Kenyan Strike Solid in the Face of Arrests and Police Repression
Kenyan Riot Police attacking Demonstrators during last year’s General Election
Reports from Kenya indicate that the strike of the school teachers’ union KNUT is winning 100% backing from its 230,000 members
January 20 2009 | General | No Comments »
Teachers’ Leaders Arrested in Iran
Iranian Teachers in an Earlier Protest
11 members of the central council of the Iranian Teachers Union were arrested in Teheran at the beginning of January
January 18 2009 | General | No Comments »
Chad Teachers to Strike
School in a camp in Chad
Members of SET - the teachers’ trade union of Chad are threatening to go on strike to protest at the cost of living
January 13 2009 | General | No Comments »
US Academic Faculty Call for End to Israeli Attacks and Siege
A group of academics in US universities is calling for an end to the siege of Gaza and condemning the latest attacks. Below is the text of their petition: continue reading »
January 12 2009 | General | No Comments »
Thousands of Congolese Schools Closed as Fighting Continues
Children at a Food Relief Centre in DRC
According to UNICEF estimates some 150,000 children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are missing school owing to the continuing fighting
January 11 2009 | General | No Comments »
Leading Israeli Educationalist condemns Gaza Assault
Below is a letter from Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Sakharov prize winner and Israeli education academic to the European Union President continue reading »
January 11 2009 | General | No Comments »
Teachers, Children and Youth in Worldwide Demonstration for Gaza
A Poster from Oaxaca calling for a secular democratic Palestine
Teachers, children and youth all over the world are taking part this week in demonstrations and actions in solidarity with the people of Gaza
January 10 2009 | General | No Comments »