Public education
SF educators on strike San Francisco educators win major victory after citywide strike

San Francisco educators secured fully funded healthcare, raises, and sanctuary protections after a unified walkout.

San Francisco teacher's picket during day 2 of strike San Francisco teachers’ strike continues as statewide education battle mounts

The historic strike over wages, healthcare, and school funding has drawn parent and neighborhood support amid a wider upsurge in labor and social movements in the US.

High school students Argentina protest Students, teachers, and workers to march in a mass protest against Milei

Following Milei’s veto of a law that seeks to improve conditions in university education, thousands of students, teachers, and workers will take to the streets in protest across Argentina.

Hundreds march in Newcastle in defense of public education

The demonstration comes at a time when executive pay is at a record high and the university is actively pursuing new international campuses, raising serious questions about the leadership’s priorities.

Trump begins process of dismantling Department of Education

What does Trump’s latest executive order mean for students and educators, already overburdened by an unequal, underfunded public education system?

Hundreds of thousands mobilize in defense of public education in Argentina, Milei still vetoes financing law

The national march for education on October 2 was the largest protest to date against Milei’s harsh neoliberal measures, yet the libertarian head of state refused to budge.

Kerala, India’s Communist-led state, provides a model for digital literacy

“Little Kites” program introduced in public schools in 2018 has prepared over 1.2 million students for the future with a sense of community and sharing

Teachers Protest - Serbia Educators in Serbia demand fair wages, dignity for work

Teachers and their unions have been demanding basic wages at par with the average wage in the country and reduction in non-academic work. Unions held a massive rally in Belgrade on September 24 to press these demands

Croatia education protest Teachers and parents unite for right to early education in Croatia

Kindergarten teachers and other workers in Croatia join forces with parents to build a better early childhood education system. There is a shortage of stuff and wide variations in pay among teachers

Ecuadorian teachers mobilize in defense of equalization of salary

In Ecuador, the teachers teaching in public institutions receive around 50% less salaries than those teaching in private institutions

Uruguayan workers protest the economic crisis and high cost of living

Thousands of Uruguayans took part in a partial national strike called for by the PIT-CNT and mobilized against the right-wing national government, its austerity policies, rising hunger, high cost of living, privatization of public companies, among other issues

Israeli court orders illegal, forced transfer of Palestinian Bedouins and other stories

Today we look at the Israeli High Court ruling on mass expulsions in Masafer Yatta; a severe anti-abortion law advanced in Louisiana, US; and more