| Teaching News and Events (1/6/13) Posted: 01 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT  Here are links to some of this week’s teaching news: Schools: - The ring-fenced protection of spending on schools is likely to continue, Chancellor George Osborne has signalled.
- University tuition fees in England should be means-tested to allow students from poorer homes to pay less, an education charity has urged.
- Simon Schama, the historian who advised the Government on the new national curriculum, has issued a stinging criticism of the final syllabus, urging teachers to reject it.
- The number of teachers barred from the profession has soared under a new Government crackdown on inappropriate behaviour in the classroom, it has emerged.
- Children should be taught "text-speak" at school to prepare them for the demands of studying a foreign language, according to one of Europe's top linguists.
- Dyslexic children can dramatically improve their performance at school by reading in a difficult font, according to research.
- In an age when “extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away” school sex education is struggling to keep pace, a study suggests.
- Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests.
- A group of leading authors including Julia Donaldson is highlighting new research that malnutrition leaves children struggling to read and write.
- Takeaways near schools in Salford could be banned from selling “hot food over the counter” before 17:00 to encourage children to eat healthily.
- The use of potatoes in Nottinghamshire school dinners has been cut back because of the soaring price.
- The world’s first completely paperless public library is scheduled to open this summer in Bexar County, Texas, in the United States.
- Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researchers carrying out international education tests.
Next week's Teaching Events include: - 5th June – World Environment Day
- 6th June – D-Day
- 8th June – World Oceans Day
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