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Teaching News and Events (8/12/12) Posted: 08 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Schools: Teachers will no longer receive increases based on length of service – but instead there will be a stronger link to performance, says the profession’s pay review body. But, according to the Telegraph, classroom unions could propose fresh industrial action in an attempt to block the moves to rip up existing national salary scales for teachers. Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced £1.9 million funding for four projects which employ former armed forces personnel to improve educational achievement among pupils disengaged with education. A new national poetry recitation competition will be launched in schools and colleges next year, Education Secretary Michael Gove and former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion have announced. The number of teachers who quit their jobs in English state schools rose by almost a fifth in one year, official figures suggest. England’s exams regulator Ofqual has told the Education Secretary Michael Gove it has concerns over some of the changes he is bringing in to England’s exams system. School libraries are under growing threat because of concerns over the closure of vital support services run by local councils, new research suggests. Warhorse author Michael Morpurgo has criticised Education Secretary Michael Gove’s curriculum reforms. Thousands of pupils excluded from state schools are being deprived of the opportunity to gain qualifications that would help them build a future, according to children’s campaigners. Primary school children with cancer are being bullied, losing friends and missing out on their education, a survey by a cancer charity suggests. Next week's Teaching Events include: 8th December – Bodhi Day 10th December – Human Rights Day 11th December – International Mountain Day 13th December – St. Lucia Day 14th December – Monkey Day 16th December – Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Birthday

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