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Teaching News and Events (14/9/13) Posted: 14 Sep 2013 02:00 AM PDT Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Children should not start formal school lessons until the age of six or seven, a group of educationalists has said. Education Minister John O’Dowd has indicated he is willing to introduce new rules to allow flexibility on the school starting age in Northern Ireland. The Chief Inspector of Ofsted has hailed the ‘unprecedented rate of national improvement’ in school performance across England. Schools inspectors in England are basing their verdicts on evaluation methods which may not be reliable, a senior academic has claimed. Girls' education is suffering because rowdy boys are being allowed to "dominate" the classroom with little intervention from adults, a teachers' leader has warned. Children will be taught how to manage their money in schools for the first time in England, after financial education was included in the final version of the national curriculum. A study has revealed that almost half of UK parents don't regularly monitor their children online, and nearly two thirds admit that they don't have a good grasp of the language their children use on the internet. Plans for tougher A-level sciences are being rushed and may misfire, a group of scientific organisations has warned. A report published by Ofsted has claimed that the arrangements for careers guidance in schools are not working well enough. Children who read for pleasure are likely to do better in maths and English than those who rarely read in their free time, research suggests. More than a quarter of state school teachers in England and Wales have seen an increase in the last 12 months of children turning up in class hungry having had no breakfast, a survey reveals. Upcoming Teaching Events include: 14th September – Yom Kippur 15th September – Agatha Christie’s Birthday 19th September – Sukkot 19th September – Talk Like a Pirate Day 22nd September – World Car Free Day The post Teaching News and Events (14/9/13) appeared first on Teaching News.

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