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Teaching News and Events (14/7/12) Posted: 14 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Schools: Disadvantaged pupils, who are behind in reading and writing, are to be offered extra lessons before starting secondary school, ministers have announced. Children should learn their times tables and long division by rote at primary school to develop a "fluency" in maths, according to the Schools Minister. Tough new regulations will be introduced to stop poorly-performing teachers being "recycled" between schools. Another 102 new free schools have been approved to open in England from next year onwards. A military school could be set up in every region of England under Labour to raise aspirations in poor areas. Schools should place a renewed focus on traditional geography field trips to stop pupils being trapped behind computer screens in the classroom, Michael Palin has warned. Young boys are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with learning impairments, behaviour problems or communication difficulties as girls, it emerged. Rising numbers of children are being taught by teachers lacking proper subject expertise, figures show, prompting fresh concerns over school standards. Ministers are being accused of “falling over themselves” to approve degree and diploma-level courses at private colleges in England. More than 250 pupils are to have their exam results changed by up to two grades – as an exam board says it has found mistakes in the adding up of the totals of papers and units of exams. Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti has attacked the spending squeeze on music tuition in schools. Next week's Teaching Events include: 30th June to 22nd July - Tour de France 14th to 29th July – Festival of British Archaeology 20th July to 19th August - Ramadan

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