A New Era for Teacher Solidarity Globally and Teachersolidarity.com

17th July 2021

Since Mary Compton created this website much has changed in teachers unions and the global struggle  to protect children, public education, and democracy from powerful elites who put profits over people.

Seizing the future - a collaboration between researchers and teachers unions

5th December 2020

What would the local and global futures of education look like if teachers and their organizations were leading innovation in assessment practices, processes and policies?

COVID is being used to intensify dangers of cloud computing

16th November 2020

(Note: This guest blog is by Larry Kuehn, Retired Director of Research and Technology at the British Columbia Teachers' Federation and a member of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association of BC.

Addition to the Research Archive: Collaboration between Teacher Organizations and Academia

18th October 2020

Teachers from early years through higher education face a common assault, intensified in the global pandemic.  How might researchers and faculty in higher education work with teachers unions to promote authentic partn

The World Bank and Working Educators - Two Resources

10th October 2020

The Education International, (EI) the international confederation of teachers unions, issued a guide to the World Bank's report on education, the World Development Report 2018 (WDR 2018).
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Recent Articles

Research on Mexico's Teachers 

10th May 2020

 Two articles about teachers defending public education in Mexico have been added to the Research Archive. Trained to Resist: Teachers...

Building Solidarity from Below of Teachers and Unions in the Coronavirus Epidemic 

17th March 2020

COVID-19 does not differentiate among borders, ethnicities, disability status, age or gender.In the midst of this global health crisis that...

Pearson eyes replacing teachers with AI 

19th January 2020

With its publishing business in free fall, Pearson is targeting teaching, promoting Aida, its artificial intelligence program to teach...

FMPR Asks for International Solidarity to Respond to Earthquakes 

13th January 2020

For years the educator union of Puerto Rico, the FMPR, has fought against school closures, for smaller class sizes, against overcrowding,...

Education Reform as Theater: Russia “Modernizes” Teacher Education 

30th December 2019

In many nations today – including Russia – much of educational policy-making resembles theater. When results are released for the Program...

French Teachers Join Massive General Strike, Plan More Action 

12th December 2019

France’s public school teachers joined in the massive general strike in France last week, organized by unions and the “Yellow Jackets” (...

Philippine Teachers Need Global Support  

24th November 2019

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), in the Philippines, is facing intensified repression and needs international support.The attacks...

Chile - Urgent calls to halt military brutality and violence against protestors 

25th October 2019

We share two calls for international condemnation of brutality in suppressing peaceful protests of Chile's students, teachers, and...

Chicago Teachers Union continues its path-breaking strike 

24th October 2019

We reprint an article about the Chicago Teachers Union strike and what may be the union's most path-breaking contract demand, creation of...

New Report on "Grim Reality" of China's School Privatization 

7th October 2019

In  "Educational Privatization in China: A Case Study," a report published by the National Center for the Study of Privatization in...

Greece's struggle over academic asylum  

11th August 2019

Myths and realities of academic asylum in Greece: A battle of ideological hegemony in the universitiesBy Maria Nikolakaki, University of...

La primera Conferencia Internacional del Movimiento de Solidaridad de Docentes, 7 al 10 de julio de 2020 

20th July 2019

La Universidad del Peloponeso y el Instituto Cooperativo de Estudios Transnacionales (CITS) organizan conjuntamente la primera Conferencia...