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World Teacher News: Archive by Subject
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 Funding crisis 'costs 3,500 teachers' United Kingdom 29 August 2003
Annan plea for girls' schooling International 11 April 2003
Cabinet revolt over parent power United Kingdom 16 November 2005
Detroit schools warn supervisors of layoffs United States 08 May 2002
Exam agency computer 'blows up' Scotland 27 July 2001
Government announces first wave of specialist schools United Kingdom 27 July 2001
Hawaii's teachers strike over United States 25 April 2001
Intelligent design goes on trial United States 28 September 2005
Katsina plans to recruit 10,000 teachers Nigeria 02 July 2004
Keep Big Brother out of the classroom, says union United Kingdom 18 March 2008
No free education yet for girls Gambia 10 June 2003
Poorest children 'falling behind' United Kingdom 02 January 2008
Union to act on teacher shortages United Kingdom 16 January 2001
Unpaid Palestinian teachers go on strike Palestine 03 September 2006
Virginia May Issue Fitness 'Report Cards' United States 23 June 2004
ATF backs reform
AFT Convention Backs Reform United States 14 July 2000
Australian teachers fill UK gap United Kingdom 27 August 2000
Class Sizes
Teachers take fight to City Hall United States 23 September 2002
Calls for action on class sizes United Kingdom 20 April 2006
Class-size cap strains Florida United States 17 December 2002
Education Class Size Making A Difference United States 02 July 2000
Government attacked over class sizes United Kingdom 30 April 2007
Infants 'in smaller classes' United Kingdom 22 December 2000
Labour close to meeting promise on class sizes United Kingdom 03 November 2000
Learning report fails on class sizes Canada 13 October 2003
Poll shows small classes yield better academic performance Japan 23 July 2001
Primary classes may shrink New Zealand 13 March 2001
Pupils Battle to Get Into Schools Namibia 17 January 2002
Staffing recommendations for secondary education welcomed New Zealand 14 March 2001
Curriculum
American teachers union promotes reading United States 14 February 2001
Culture call for children Wales 29 December 2004
Evolution opponents lose in Kansas Primary United States 06 August 2006
Expert warns against government phonics plans United Kingdom 05 January 2006
Geography lessons to include climate change United Kingdom 05 February 2007
Head Start teachers resist new training United States 18 November 2002
Judge rules against 'intelligent design' in science class United States 21 December 2005
Maths paper cancelled India 25 April 2003
New school curriculum to be introduced next year Kenya 26 December 2002
Pennsylvania voters oust school board United States 11 November 2005
Reforms could mark end of GCSEs, teachers warn United Kingdom 23 January 2003
School board abandons evolution sticker case United States 21 December 2006
School with call centre training site in classroom United Kingdom 24 July 2007
Scientists call for better teaching on evolution United Kingdom 23 June 2006
Elections
Parties Seek to Put Education on Agenda United States 27 September 2004
Teacher elections in Kenya Kenya 11 June 2001
Funding
$1B in Federal Aid to Schools Delayed United States 05 October 2004
United Kingdom 25 May 2003
United Kingdom 15 December 2002
5000 teachers could face dismissal Israel 28 February 2005
Blair faces new row over school funds United Kingdom 03 January 2004
Budget constraints hamper teacher recruitment Zambia 21 January 2004
Bush cuts education funding United States 18 February 2005
Bush likely to drop vouchers United States 03 January 2001
Bush repeats support for school vouchers United States 15 February 2004
Bush signs education funding bill United States 10 January 2002
Canadian teachers out of pocket $593 Canada 05 May 2001
Canadian teachers reject 'education market' Canada 19 May 2001
Church decides to convert seven schools in city's poorest neighborhoods United States 06 November 2007
Detroit schools begin layoffs United States 10 January 2002
Education Department seeks dismissal of lawsuit United States 04 July 2005
Education an issue in presidential election United States 12 July 2003
Funding crisis threatens workload reforms United Kingdom 04 April 2003
Funding protest in Seattle United States 03 May 2001
G8 leaders challenged to act on education crisis Global 22 July 2001
Gambling to fund public education? United States 25 March 2003
Government 'will not raid school surpluses' United Kingdom 31 October 2007
Hip-hop stars protest N.Y. school cuts United States 09 June 2002
Honduran teachers oppose IMF Honduras 12 December 2003
Independent school sacks whistleblowers United Kingdom 27 August 2004
Judge bars Colorado school voucher law United States 05 December 2003
Kansas court blocks order to close schools United States 20 May 2004
Kerry woos teachers with vow of funding United States 19 July 2004
Lib Dems make deprived pupils a priority United Kingdom 17 September 2007
London: Everything cut to the bone United Kingdom 01 June 2003
Most Americans think teachers aren't paid enough United States 24 August 2003
New federal education law strains state coffers United States 20 April 2003
Parents attack, Injure Principal over school funds Kenya 05 October 2001
Parochial, private schools draw pupils -- and questions about success United States 03 July 2001
Poor schools sue for funding United States 08 June 2004
Principals ballot for industrial action United Kingdom 25 February 2002
Principals blast education boss Sierra Leone 10 July 2001
Private school vouchers violate separation of church and state United States 12 December 2000
Reining in Charter Schools United States 14 May 2006
School choice: fallacies . . . United States 22 November 2000
School students resume strikes Chile 07 June 2006
Schools caught charging parents to secure places United Kingdom 12 March 2008
Schools, teachers fight No Child Left Behind in court United States 30 November 2006
Slap on wrist for private schools in fees cartel United Kingdom 28 February 2006
Some schools turning to marketing deals United States 14 January 2004
State school costs hit £14,000 average United Kingdom 21 August 2006
Taco Bell High may come to Canada Canada 24 June 2007
Teachers' group crafts big ad campaign to lobby for education funds United States 10 April 2002
Texas schools sue state for funding reform United States 11 August 2004
Union praises education budget Namibia 14 March 2008
Unions draw up education charter United Kingdom 21 August 2000
United for Fair (Education) Funding Canada 08 March 2007
Vancouver schools face massive layoffs Canada 05 April 2002
Voucher law ruled unconstitutional United States 17 August 2004
Voucher program in doubt United States 10 June 2008
Vouchers failing an election test United States 03 November 2000
White House lists programs it wants to cut United States 05 February 2004
Who really benefits from voucher schemes? United Kingdom 30 April 2004
Public Education
Ad campaign United States 12 November 2001
Auditors reproach California charter schools United States 14 August 2006
Catholic schools' enrollment drops again United States 31 March 2005
City schools could be front for evangelists United Kingdom 10 August 2005
Court Rules Against Charter Schools United States 27 May 2002
Introducing the minister of no faith in communities United Kingdom 11 January 2007
Kelly accused of hypocrisy over son's private education United Kingdom 10 January 2007
Newborn baby registered for school United Kingdom 06 December 2005
Pride and public education New Zealand 05 July 2005
Setback for Philadelphia schools plan United States 01 July 2008
Teachers to court over pay South Africa 09 June 2004
The noisy truth of community United Kingdom 02 September 2004
Two thirds oppose state aided faith schools United Kingdom 25 August 2005
Rwanda
It's shocking, the numbers of school goers nursing hatred Rawanda 14 December 2007
Salaries
60,000 Honduran teachers to take to the streets Honduras 06 July 2004
700 teachers off pay-roll - stop work Uganda 20 February 2005
A good deal for secondary teachers New Zealand 06 September 2004
Alberta teachers ordered back to work Canada 22 February 2002
Alberta teachers' strike is looming Canada 30 November 2001
Angola's Teachers to Strike Angola 09 August 2000
B.C. teachers say Liberals may steer dispute in same direction as Ontario Canada 13 January 2002
Buffalo teachers in Salary talks United States 14 September 2000
Cameroon teachers plan top-marks protest 06 May 2002
Caribbean Congress of Labour to mediate in Suriname teacher's strike Suriname 20 December 2007
Chicago teachers approve 4-year contract United States 24 November 2003
Deal 'close' on teachers' pay Scotland 29 December 2000
Denver teachers OK student-based raises United States 22 March 2004
Doubts over performance pay United Kingdom 11 April 2003
Ending the Teachers Strike Zambia 26 June 2001
Extended day for Israeli teachers Israel 30 August 2000
Govt offers $500 bonus if teachers sign pay deal New Zealand 26 August 2004
Hamilton teachers' strike enters second week United States 14 September 2000
Higher pay for teachers in rural areas Nigeria 20 June 2003
Hungary's new PM to honour pay promise Hungary 21 May 2002
Illegal pay cuts Canada 21 December 2001
Inflation only pay offer United Kingdom 13 July 2003
Iowa approves performance pay for its teachers United States 30 June 2001
Iran crushes teachers' pay protest Iran 19 March 2007
Irish teachers to strike over 30 % pay rise Ireland 14 March 2001
Irish teachers to strike over 30% pay claim Ireland 23 October 2000
Issaquah and Snohomish teachers strike United States 06 September 2002
Leaders of teachers union 'guilty' of calling strike United States 23 September 2000
Lusaka Teachers Threaten to Strike Zambia 26 April 2001
MPs call for changes to teachers' pay United Kingdom 21 September 2004
Mediator brought into school talks Canada 31 March 2001
Middle classes cry for Argentina as economy unravels Argentina 19 November 2001
Minister reneges on promise Zimbabwe 25 January 2003
Mugabe fails to pay promised salaries to teachers Zimbabwe 20 March 2008
NZ kindergarten teachers achieve pay parity New Zealand 06 July 2006
New deadline to clear teachers' back-pay Botswana 20 February 2005
Next Head Of Schools May Get $600,000 - City Cutting 285 Teachers United States 14 May 2004
No change in classroom methods, says study into performance pay for teachers United Kingdom 02 March 2004
No end in sight to teachers' dispute New Zealand 31 October 2001
Ontario Teachers negotiate Canada 19 August 2000
Overtime cash for teachers United Kingdom 16 June 2001
Parents back teachers' action Kenya 04 September 2002
Pay cut cruel Fiji 03 May 2007
Pay rises on way for teachers, nurses New Zealand 13 September 2007
Pay talks between KNUT and govt fail Kenya 08 July 2002
Pay teachers to work in deprived areas, says thinktank United Kingdom 19 July 2007
Pay us first, teachers demand Papua New Guinea 28 July 2000
Police clash with protesting teachers Sri Lanka 02 August 2003
President's No to teachers' pay Kenya 19 March 2001
Pressure from teachers and principals produces progress New Zealand 17 August 2004
Rise is not enough say teachers United Kingdom 25 January 2002
Russian school teachers go on strike Russia 02 March 2001
SADTU to sue dept for 'misconduct' South Africa 06 October 2000
Saskatchewan teachers hold pay talks Canada 19 August 2002
Schools Reopen in Cote d'Ivoire As Teachers End Strike Cote d'Ivoire 09 April 2001
Speed up our new pay, demand teachers Kenya 13 September 2005
State dishonest over salaries, claims KNUT Kenya 21 November 2001
Strike looms as teachers boycott talks Kenya 01 May 2002
Teacher support for NCEA still uncertain New Zealand 15 December 2001
Teacher unions united - pay demand United Kingdom 17 September 2001
Teachers 'outraged' at pay award United Kingdom 10 February 2003
Teachers Debate Performance Pay United States 06 July 2000
Teachers Rally in Sofia for Higher Pay Bulgaria 04 October 2007
Teachers Reject Bonuses Korea 25 September 2001
Teachers and education in China - underfunded and undervalued China 29 January 2004
Teachers and principals accept settlements New Zealand 28 August 2001
Teachers angry over treatment Namibia 07 August 2007
Teachers arrested in Tehran demonstration Iran 04 January 2002
Teachers ask for pay raise of 15% United States 04 February 2001
Teachers damage office Papua New Guinea 12 January 2005
Teachers demand salary payment Indonesia 16 June 2001
Teachers have no option to strike, declares SEZTUZ Zambia 20 May 2001
Teachers look for 10% United Kingdom 15 September 2002
Teachers not paid South Africa 17 December 2006
Teachers offered three year pay deal United Kingdom 02 August 2002
Teachers plan tougher agitation Bangladesh 05 July 2006
Teachers planned to disrupt President Sierra Leone 13 May 2001
Teachers quit spending own cash on school supplies Canada 04 February 2002
Teachers reject 20% pay rise Zimbabwe 02 August 2002
Teachers seek 12 percent raise United States 31 July 2005
Teachers seek province-wide negotiations Canada 21 May 2002
Teachers threaten strike over pay Czech Republic 13 April 2003
Teachers to get 300% increase in allowance Indonesia 27 November 2000
Teachers vote with their feet Zimbabwe 17 October 2007
Teachers want to be paid in two years Kenya 23 May 2003
Teachers welcome pay offer Kenya 26 June 2001
Teachers' merit pay scheme resumes United Kingdom 23 October 2000
Teachers' merit pay up for vote United States 27 February 2006
Teachers' strike looms as government reneges on pay Kenya 12 November 2000
Teachers' union to weigh new offer South Africa 07 September 2004
Teaching Profession Loses Its Sparkle Zimbabwe 20 May 2003
The Smart Money ? United States 11 April 2001
Toronto Public Elementary Teachers Ratify New Agreement Canada 23 February 2001
Union Pursues Bargaining Terms Kenya 09 April 2001
Union attacks 'pay freeze' for teachers United Kingdom 11 November 2003
Union claims ministry refusing to address teachers' claims New Zealand 19 July 2004
Union rejects 10-year salary deal Kenya 16 January 2003
Uproar Over MPs' pay rise Kenya 27 June 2002
Venezuelan teachers stage strike Venezuela 06 May 2001
We will vote you out, teachers warn MPs Kenya 27 March 2002
Wildcat strikes to hit Auckland classrooms New Zealand 22 March 2002
Standards
Teachers unhappy tying pay to results United States 02 September 2000
370 uncertified teachers will be fired; 450 at risk United States 27 June 2006
A-level crisis could happen again, MPs say United Kingdom 04 July 2003
Academies criticised for expelling 10,000 United Kingdom 27 June 2008
Another union wants teachers to ignore Ontario's new teacher-testing plan Canada 19 August 2001
Arnold Schwarzenegger agrees to settle class action United States 13 August 2004
Brown call to raise school-leaving age United Kingdom 27 September 2006
Buck the system, Cosby tells teachers United States 22 September 2000
Bush's high school plan faces opposition United States 14 February 2005
Charter school students score lower in reading and math United States 24 August 2006
Chinese Riot Police Clash with Protesting Teachers China 19 July 2000
Classroom assistants 'are failing' United Kingdom 19 January 2004
Commissioner warns principals, students Nigeria 26 April 2001
Comparing public and private schools United States 15 July 2006
Democrats decry 'No Child Left Behind' United States 24 February 2004
Distance Education For Up-Grading Teachers? 05 December 2000
Distance learning course for teachers Kenya 15 November 2002
Diverse State Schools Suffer More United States 28 December 2003
Education Minister steps into exam row New Zealand 29 July 2004
Education officials review use of tenure United States 06 July 2004
Education's illegal 'covert propaganda' United States 05 October 2005
Evidence of cheating by Texas schools United States 21 December 2004
Exam board knew about maths error United Kingdom 22 January 2002
Exam watchdog 'must reform' United Kingdom 19 June 2002
From teachers to drill sergeants United States 31 July 2001
Global Action Week 2006 International 27 February 2006
Government's critics jostle as exams fallout begins United Kingdom 15 August 2003
Governor rethinks tests for grade 4 United States 27 July 2000
Has the 'bac' met its Waterloo? France 07 July 2008
High-stakes testing United Kingdom 07 May 2008
International Literacy Day International 07 September 2000
KTU submits formal complaint to ILO Korea 02 June 2007
League tables United States 03 December 2000
League tables unfair - PPTA Principals' Council New Zealand 17 May 2001
Markers blame computer system for test delays United Kingdom 29 July 2004
Money does matter United States 25 October 2000
More Poor Results For Charter Schools United States 01 October 2006
NEA Conference United States 07 July 2000
Nineteen independent schools operating illegally South Africa 01 May 2003
Not good enough United Kingdom 14 April 2005
Online Debate on the Merits of KIPP United States 30 October 2002
Opposition mounts to certification-by-testing scheme United States 14 July 2004
Parents don't see a crisis over science and math United States 20 February 2006
Public gives teachers a glowing report United Kingdom 07 November 2007
QCA creates new post to oversee exams United Kingdom 10 November 2002
Research casts doubt on Kelly reading plan United Kingdom 01 February 2006
Right answer, wrong score: test flaws take toll United States 21 May 2001
Rural schools given more time to meet teacher standards United States 19 July 2004
Satisfied with state schooling? United Kingdom 19 March 2006
School accreditation forum sours United States 19 January 2002
School inspectors to focus more on lessons, less on data United Kingdom 15 May 2008
Schools await final grade United States 13 February 2006
Schools warned to improve or face closure United Kingdom 01 November 2007
South African teachers seek consultation South Africa 22 August 2000
State school students have edge in Higher Education United Kingdom 26 July 2003
States worry new law sets schools up to fail United States 04 January 2003
Students sue anti-cheating service United States 30 March 2007
Superintendent debate: Do we need big tests? United States 03 June 2004
Surprise inspections planned for schools United Kingdom 13 December 2007
Teacher bonuses 'not benefiting pupils' United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Teacher lesson checks 'punitive' United Kingdom 30 December 2005
Teachers registration council to ensure standards in training institutions Nigeria 18 October 2002
Teachers take action against league tables United Kingdom 12 April 2004
Teachers want accountability from Congress United States 06 July 2006
Teachers warned to re-register or lose pay South Africa 07 March 2002
Teachers' Group Call Education Policy a Failure South Korea 19 July 2001
Teachers' new promotion rule Kenya 31 May 2002
Teachers' performance pay 'a waste of money' United Kingdom 14 July 2001
Test results linked to living standards United Kingdom 15 June 2005
Test waiver denied United States 18 April 2005
The Trouble With Tests United States 17 July 2000
They are destroying education United Kingdom 04 April 2006
Too much, too late United Kingdom 19 June 2007
Union moves against return of mission schools Nigeria 24 September 2001
Unions reluctantly endorse reforms at problem schools United States 23 January 2002
Utah governor snubs federal requirements United States 04 May 2005
Voucher plan ignores performance evidence United States 21 July 2006
Vouchers United States 22 March 2001
Web site promises access to school data United States 02 February 2004
Who watches the watchdog? United Kingdom 27 March 2007
Why failing schools are a mythical beast United Kingdom 13 February 2006
Strike Action
10,000 teachers rally against Dovrat report Israel 05 January 2005
Teachers call off strike proposal Scotland 25 March 2005
Alberta strips teachers of right to strike for two years Canada 13 March 2002
B.C. premier says he's ordering end to teachers' contract dispute Canada 21 January 2002
B.C. public sector to rally in support of teachers Canada 17 October 2005
Backdown on threat to teachers New Zealand 19 July 2002
Ban on activities New Zealand 13 June 2002
Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike France 20 May 2008
Congo teachers defy government sanction threats 30 May 2001
Desperate Siberian teachers refuse to work in decaying school Russia 23 December 2002
Detroit teachers reject contract proposal United States 31 August 2006
Detroit teachers strike United States 13 September 2006
Education Ministry, trade unions partly reconciled Bulgaria 24 November 2005
Elementary teachers threaten strikes Canada 19 August 2004
Four week strike ends Suriname 21 May 2008
France's teachers on strike again France 06 May 2003
Gary, Indiana teachers end strike United States 05 September 2006
Gendarmes arrest teachers' union leaders Burundi 14 March 2004
General strike closes schools Israel 02 May 2003
General strikes in France and Israel France 15 May 2003
Guinea-Bissau teachers threaten strike Guinea-Bissau 14 March 2007
Hawaii teachers' strike United States 18 April 2001
High school teachers ready to strike Israel 30 January 2002
Industrial Action Continues New Zealand 19 April 2002
Jail threat Canada 10 October 2005
Kenyan teachers to end strike Kenya 22 October 2002
Legislative hammer to punish teachers Canada 05 October 2005
London allowance strike ballot United Kingdom 04 March 2002
London teachers strike United Kingdom 28 November 2002
London teachers to strike United Kingdom 10 March 2002
Mass protests on the streets of France France 29 March 2006
Meeting on teacher strike set United States 21 December 2001
Minister Stops Union's Dues Kenya 01 October 2002
New Jersey teachers agree to return to work United States 11 December 2001
No end in sight as teachers strike enters its fifth day Israel 16 October 2007
Northern Ireland's teachers vote for action Northern Ireland 22 December 2003
Oaxaca Mexico 06 November 2006
Ontario may ban teachers' strikes Canada 14 April 2003
Ontario principals caught in middle Canada 25 August 2000
PPTA calls for calm New Zealand 16 June 2002
Pay cuts threatened for refusing voluntary duties Ireland 13 November 2000
Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Striking Teachers Ecuador 02 July 2000
Punishing the PRI Mexico 13 July 2006
Roll call for teachers Kenya 22 September 2002
Sadtu threatens mass action over grievances South Africa 08 March 2007
Sadtu threatens massive strike action South Africa 22 February 2002
School Teachers begin Two-Day Strike Mali 10 December 2003
Secondary school strike averted Israel 06 May 2004
Soldiers and police to mark examinations Zimbabwe 31 October 2007
Strikebound schools shut down Canada 13 April 2005
Striking teachers clash with police Eucador 14 December 2003
Students demand solution to disputes Canada 05 November 2000
Teachers Offered $180 000 to avert strike Zimbabwe 20 February 2007
Teachers Ordered Back to Work United States 21 October 2003
Teachers Threaten Mass Resignation Nigeria 02 January 2008
Teachers To Stage Sit-in Antigua 02 July 2000
Teachers end industrial action Northern Ireland 03 August 2004
Teachers end strike Burundi 07 July 2002
Teachers extend their strike Central African Republic 25 January 2003
Teachers have no plan for strike vote Canada 16 May 2005
Teachers issue strike threat Kenya 26 August 2002
Teachers may be locked out Canada 14 January 2001
Teachers return to work tomorrow after two days of strike action Solomon Islands 01 November 2006
Teachers strike continues Greece 01 October 2006
Teachers strike irresponsible, says Education minister South Korea 27 October 2001
Teachers strike to demand 40% pay rise Guinea 12 January 2005
Teachers support general strike Argentina 19 December 2001
Teachers threaten strike ballot United Kin |
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