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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...