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The story on current education reforms in Spain: The past will come back

Thursday, 21 February 2013 By

During the time when Spain was ruled by a dictator, girls and boys went to different schools, or they were at least subject to class segregation. Typically, the rich and middle class children went to private religious schools, and the poor children from the suburbs and/or villages went to

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Cuts, reforms and union response in Spain

Monday, 29 October 2012 By

The crisis in Spain has deepened, proving that austerity measures do not work. The unemployment rate is currently 25 per cent and youth unemployment has reached 53 per cent; double that of other EU countries. Poverty is increasing; it is estimated that 12.5 million people in Spain (27 per cent

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Education budgets under pressure in EU Member States

Thursday, 21 March 2013 By

A new Eurydice report, published today, on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on education budgets across Europe, reveals that investment in education fell in eight out of 25 Member States since 2010. Cuts of more than 5 % were imposed in Greece,

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ETUCE-ETUI High level seminar on alternatives to austery measures

Friday, 08 March 2013 By

By Michal Mclousek, Coordinator in the European Trade Union Committee for Education

On 25 - 27 February 2013, the ETUCE and ETUI organized a joint high-level seminar focusing on alternatives to widespread austerity measures across Europe. Presidents and general

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Green light for Financial Transaction Tax Europe

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 By

European Union finance ministers gave their approval at a meeting today in Brussels, allowing eleven EU member states to pursue the implementation of a financial transactions tax (FTT). At present the 11 states  - including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Belgium,

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EI's "Education in Crisis" Seminar

Wednesday, 21 November 2012 By

Education International’s "Education in Crisis" Seminar, that took place from 18-19 October, 2012, united over 140 educators from more than 30 different countries in discussions that engaged different approaches aiming to enrich education systems all over the world, both during the current

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