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(22 articles)Jailed Bahraini Teachers' Leader: Health failing
27th January 2012
Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb The jailed Bahraini teachers' leader, Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb is being refused medical treatment...
UK School Strike Against Academies
26th January 2012
A school in Birmingham, UK, was closed yesterday as workers at the school held a strike in protest against it becoming an academy....
Zimbabweans Continue Week Long Strike
26th January 2012
Zimbabwean teachers, nurses and doctors continue their week-long strike today, demanding poverty line pay for the lowest paid workers...
Dutch Teachers Strike
26th January 2012
Holland's largest teachers union is on strike today against a bill that will increase teachers' working hours and cut their holidays....
Spanish Protests Against Education Cuts
23rd January 2012
Protests took place in the Spanish cities of Alicante and Valencia in defence of public education on Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/...
Cairo Teachers Block Highway
23rd January 2012
Hundreds of temporary teachers blocked Cairo's Salah Salem highway and marched on their headquarters last week, demanding permanent...
Letter from Greek Teacher Trade Unions
19th January 2012
"Dear Colleagues, The neoliberal policies implemented in Europe (by the European Union, the governments, and the IMF), have dramatic...
US School District Bans Books
19th January 2012
A US school district has confiscated a number of critical books from its schools, after coming under pressure from the state to end its...
Swedish Free School on Internet Auction
18th January 2012
A Swedish ‘free-school’ has been put up for sale on an internet auction site. The privately managed but publicly funded school was...
Bangladeshi Teachers on Strike
17th January 2012
Teachers in Bangladesh’s non-government schools are holding a strike demanding nationalisation of their jobs and a wage rise in line with...
Jordan Teachers Boycott Exams
16th January 2012
Hundreds of teachers in Jordan have stopped marking exams in protest against a salary restructure. The marking boycott of the Tawjihi...
Irish Protests Against Teacher Cuts
15th January 2012
Teachers, parents and children have been protesting proposed cuts to teacher numbers in some of Ireland's most disadvantaged schools. As a...