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Teaching News and Events (6/10/12) Posted: 06 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Schools: England’s primary school population is set to rise by 18% in the next eight years, experts are predicting. More parents of young children in England have challenged decisions not to give them their school of choice. High-flying students could have part of their tuition fees paid off in exchange for becoming teachers in deprived areas under plans being drawn up by Labour. Hundreds of thousands of teachers will stage radical work-to-rule action from today as part of an escalating dispute over cuts to pay and pensions, it has been announced. A computer glitch that has left primary schools in Northern Ireland unable to complete assessments will be fixed “as a matter of urgency” the education minister says. A report published recently by Ofsted highlights the benefits and pitfalls of partnership working in music education. Curves are to be banned in a new generation of no-frills school buildings, according to a government crackdown on what it believes is wasteful extravagance in educational architecture. A new study has shown that nearly half of all state schools in England are not sending any girls to study A-level physics. The head of the Youth Sport Trust, the charity charged with co-ordinating school sport, has called for a specialist PE teacher in every primary school, as the government wrestles with criticism over its policy in the wake of the Olympics. Ministers’ insistence on competitive team sports will alienate schoolchildren instead of tackling their sedentary lifestyles, warns a report that was launched by Boris Johnson and Mo Farah. Next week's Teaching Events include: 1st to 31st October – The Big Draw 1st to 31st October – Walk to School Month 4th to 10th October – World Space Week 8th to 12th October – Childline’s Big Birthday Bash 9th to 14th October – Chocolate Week 10th October – No Pens Wednesday 12th to 13th October – Educational Travel Conference

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