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Education resistance: Activist media in struggles for public education 

20th January 2019

The newest addition to the Research Archives is a special issue of Postcolonial Directions in Education, (Volume 7 Issue 2, 2018). The...

Los Angeles teachers union wins massive public support in its strike 

17th January 2019

United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), the second largest teachers union in the U.S., is engaged in a strike against Los Angeles Unified...

Tunisian secondary school teachers resume protests 

6th January 2019

Secondary school teachers in Tunisia resumed protests on 2 January 2019 as schools reopened after the two-week winter break. Teachers’...

New addition to the Research Archives: Memorializing Mary Compton 

6th January 2019

The newest addition to the Research Archives is a  full event report written by the National Union of Teachers about its conference "...

Los Angeles teachers union contract dispute intensifies 

12th December 2018

The second largest teachers union local in the US, the United Teachers of Los Angeles, (UTLA) is engaged in an intense campaign to win a...

Striking Lithuanian teachers ask for support  

9th December 2018

On November 12, teachers in 5 schools in Lithuania declared an open-ended strike, following educational reforms that worsened teachers‘...

Violating human rights: Educating children with disabilities 

28th November 2018

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a strong report criticizing the Spanish educational...

European Parliament limits aid to for-private schools 

22nd November 2018

In a victory for teachers, their unions, and education activists globally, the European Parliament has passed a resolution that reinforces...

Hundreds of teachers in KwaZulu-Natal denied wages due them 

16th November 2018

While teachers in the global North fight for living wages, teachers in the global South must often fight to receive the pay they have...

Letter from Brazil: The freedom of teachers and democracy will prevail! 

7th November 2018

November 5, 2011There will be a fight against the return of the “Years of Terror.” (Editor’s note: This is what the most repressive period...

Brazil's election - and after: Repression met by resistance 

29th October 2018

A predictor of repression and resistance that we will likely see from Brazil’s teachers, students, and civil society after the election...

Iranian teachers strike: “Bread, Work, Freedom, Teaching Liberation”  

18th October 2018

On October 14,  teachers in dozens of cities throughout Iran went on strike by showing up at work but not entering their classrooms.  They...

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