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Teaching News and Events (3/11/12) Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PDT Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Schools: Entry tests for people wanting to become teachers will be more rigorous to raise the quality and standing of the profession, the government says. Teachers in England reacted angrily to suggestions by the exams watchdog that they marked coursework too generously. An overhaul of A-levels could lead to a two-tier system with students suffering discrimination because of their subject choice, ministers are being warned. Education Secretary Michael Gove is to introduce a new national curriculum for English that contains no mention of the importance of spelling for 11- to 14-year-olds, and waters down stipulations for reading, writing and speaking skills, according to leaked drafts. Children are struggling to write "simple and everyday words" because of an increasing reliance on spellcheckers, according to research. The government has pledged funding to develop a new maths course for sixth-formers who are not studying the subject at A-level. Dance company Sadler’s Wells has claimed government plans to leave dance out of the new EBacc syllabus will be “deeply damaging” to the art form. Pupils are being ordered to brush their teeth at school in an attempt to combat increasing rates of tooth decay in British children. Labour is calling for ministers to rethink their plans to scrap some of the current protections for school playing fields in England. Playtime is dying a slow death in schools, encroached upon by target-driven lessons. Next week's Teaching Events include: 5th November – Bonfire Night 11th November - Remembrance Day

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