A Voice in the News: Teacher Trade Unions and #GE2017 in the UK

The General Election is occurring at a time when teachers’ unions in the UK are more visible, active and successful than in recent history. In fact, their voices have been remarkably powerful on issues of school funding and teacher workload over this past school year. More recently though, the three major teacher trade unions – the Association…

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Raising voices in policymaking and teacher education

In the construction of a curriculum in Sweden, there are different stakeholders involved. It’s also a democratic process that needs to be maintained. The Swedish National Agency for Education has responsibility for the process. But this process is a negotiation between different voices of different stakeholders. There are many voices that should be listened to.…