@daveswords.bsky.social
General Secretary of Education International - the Global Union Voice and Force for Education which unites more than 33 million educators around the world.
✔️ The teacher-student relationship is at the 💙 of education and our common heritage.
✔️ Technology must adapt to education.
✔️ Teachers must lead the way.
Great conversation with partners on #AI in education!
#HumanCentredAI @daveswords.bsky.social @unesco.org @unicef.org @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
Hurricane Melissa has had a terrible impact on the education sector in Jamaica:
❗Thousands of students don't have access to education
❗Many teachers have lost their homes
📢 Let's stand with our colleagues from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association!
➡️ https://eiie.io/4rspd7p
L’Internationale de l’Éducation soutient le Syndicat des travailleur·euse·s de l'Éducation et de la Science d'Ukraine qui défend les droits des enseignant·e·s.
🛑 Contre toute législation restreignant les droits des enseignant·e·s
📢 Respect des normes du travail
#НІ_звуженню_прав #ТАК_три_мінімальні
✊🏾 Education unionists across Asia Pacific are joining forces to defend #AcademicFreedom and #Democracy in their region and around the world.
@daveswords.bsky.social addressed unionists coming together at the @eduintap.bsky.social conference 👇🏾
A very powerful #WorldTeachersDay from Palestine, where teachers are working with 50% pay in solidarity with their community.
Education International was there representing our solidarity and commitment to our colleagues, to education, to peace.
First hand account from @daveswords.bsky.social
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🗨️The hardships they endure working with such dignity and commitment under occupation are a lesson for us all. I wanted to honor them and those we have lost in Gaza, but no words suffice for such a massive failure of humanity. Sometimes we just have to show up for each other.
@daveswords.bsky.social
🗨️ I’m sure I will be processing this experience for a very long time, but already I know that I am forever changed and humbled by the privilege to be here amongst the brave, caring, generous, and resilient people of Palestine." @daveswords.bsky.social #WorldTeachersDay
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“We know what works. Governments must invest in the teaching profession—through competitive salaries, manageable workloads, fully funded professional development, and secure employment.” @daveswords.bsky.social
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
#investinteachers
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3145...
Breaking: At #PACTED2025, Education International proposes an African Summit on the Teaching Profession.
🗨️ The mechanism of social dialogue must be institutionalized across Africa to translate the wisdom and insights of teachers and their unions into policy and practice.
- @daveswords.bsky.social
🗨️ We would be honored to partner with the African Union for an Africa specific version of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession.
- @daveswords.bsky.social at #PACTED2025
🗨️ I am proud that so many Education International Africa leaders are here to learn from you and each other. It reminds us that it is imperative that we invest in teachers in this region.
- @daveswords.bsky.social at #PACTED2025
📢 El mar ha sido escenario de un crimen de guerra➡️Las personas de la Sumud Flotilla están secuestradas por defender los derechos humanos.
Desde Comisiones Enseñanza exigimos su liberación inmediata y mostramos toda nuestra solidaridad con Palestina.
✊🌊 STOP GENOCIDIO🍉
🗨️ "Siempre aprendo de la gente con quien hablo en los sindicatos uruguayos, tienen una capacidad crítica y una participación democrática que es reconocida mundialmente."
- @daveswords.bsky.social
youtu.be/1xWJQuRNM_Y
#PorLaPublica
#EducaciónPública
Ready for another day of advocacy at the #AfricanUnion 🌍
We are empowered, we are ready, and we are full of hope as we bring the voice, force, and power of the teaching profession to #PACTED2025 ✊🏿✊🏾✊
@mugwena.bsky.social @daveswords.bsky.social
"No se puede ser educador sin asumir el trabajo como instrumento de transformación de la materia, las ideas y las relaciones” Stella Maldonado
¡FELIZ DÍA COMPAÑERAS Y COMPAÑEROS!
@eduinternational.bsky.social @ctera-argentina.bsky.social
Fully agree with Jelmer’s take. A Europe that is silent about education amidst challenges that demand an educated citizenry on multiple fronts could very well lose its voice on the future. 👇
12.09.2025 15:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📣 We welcome the UNESCO World Summit on Teachers as a critical opportunity to address the global teacher shortage and demand real change.
@daveswords.bsky.social reflects on the challenges and opportunities in the framework of the summit.
🔗 Read more here: eiie.io/4g91cwV
#GoPublic
Gaza: the European Union’s legal & moral responsibility to act has never been more urgent.
Along with 9 European trade union federations, we've sent this letter to @kajakallas.bsky.social calling for immediate action.
Solidarity!
10.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"On this July 4th, the teachers, activists and unions from @eduinternational.bsky.social stand ready to extend their solidarity with you as you have done them. Solidarity is in our DNA!"
—David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International
#GoPublic4Solidarity
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✊🏾✊🏻✊🏾 This 4th of July, we stand with U.S. educators fighting for inclusive public schools and for democracy.
From around the 🌍, you have our #solidarity.
➡️ eiie.io/4lxMLUA
#GoPublic4Solidarity @neatoday.bsky.social @aft.org @neapresident.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social @daveswords.bsky.social
Why were European education unions at #BudapestPride?
We are standing up for LGBTQI+ rights, democracy and fundamental human and political rights. What happens in Hungary concerns all European citizens.
@etuce.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social
#BudapestPride2025
Standing in Solidarity: Why I Am Participating in Budapest Pride
#BudapestPride
www.csee-etuce.org/en/news/etuc...
The teachers & students of Iran & Israel deserve peace, not endless war & death. Todays Israeli strikes against Evin prison, the place where the Iranian regime locks up its critics, including two French teachers, is beyond unconscionable. @eduinternational.bsky.social
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‼️ Schools under attack. Immigrants targeted. Protesters detained. The Trump administration is waging war on democracy.
🇺🇸 This June 14, educators are joining nationwide marches for people over power.
✊🏽 Education International stands with you!
📢 #NoKings
@aft.org @daveswords.bsky.social
This World Day against Child Labour, we reaffirm our commitment to defend the fundamental right to education for all, especially for the most vulnerable children.
We will continue working to #EndChildLabour and ensure every child is in school, where they belong.
#GoPublic @daveswords.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
@eduinternational.bsky.social expresses our condolences and sadness for everyone affected by the shooting in #Graz. 😢
New research from ActionAid reveals the human cost of public sector cuts in Africa.
⚠️ Teachers and health workers are overworked and underpaid.
⚠️ Communities are deprived of their right to quality education and health care.
➡️ eiie.io/4msmZSF
#GoPublic #FundEducation
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Discours de @daveswords.bsky.social , Secrétaire Général de @eduinternational.bsky.social à l'ouverture du congrès de la #FENPROF. L'éducation ne change pas le monde, mais elle change celles et ceux qui vont changer le monde.
🗨️ Days after the destruction of yet another school, and two months after Israel reinstated its full siege on Gaza, we can say that education is not just under attack, it’s being erased.
- @daveswords.bsky.social
We denounce the destruction and suffering in Gaza!
➡️ eiie.io/4kqLkqt
