Education

Global learning crisis is costing $129 billion a year

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Crisis will affect generations of children without action to boost teaching, report warns.

Teacher training vital for success of blended learning

Blended learning – the combination of traditional learning in classrooms and technology-mediated instruction – was under the spotlight at a dedicated panel at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, taking place from 22-25 January in Davos,...

Francophone unions re-commit to quality education

EI’s affiliate unions in the Bureau of the Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et de la Formation (CSFEF) have pledged their involvement in EI’s flagship campaigns throughout 2014 and reiterated their commitment to free and compulsory public...

Brazil: Union to tackle non-education issues in 2014

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CNTE Congress, 2014

UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education

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World Bank Group: New Open Data Tool Helps Countries Compare Progress on Education

The World Bank Group launched a new open data tool that provides in-depth, comparative, and easily accessible data on education policies around the world.

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

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Teacher training offers hope for Myanmar’s rural education

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A group of boys walking to school.