| Teaching News and Events (7/9/13) Posted: 07 Sep 2013 02:00 AM PDT  Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Schools: - The two biggest teachers’ unions are threatening a national one-day strike in England before Christmas in a row over pay, pensions and workloads.
- Children from the poorest homes risk becoming an “educational underclass”, starting school in nappies and behaving like toddlers, says research from the Centre for Social Justice.
- Sex education guidance needs updating and should apply to all schools, the deputy prime minister has said.
- Private tuition for state school pupils is booming, particularly among wealthier families and in London, suggests a poll of 11- to 16-year olds.
- Schools should stop using gimmicks in the classroom and encourage teachers to return to traditional methods, Michael Gove has said.
- Teenagers in England who fail to achieve at least a grade C in English and maths GCSEs will have to continue studying the subjects from this term.
- Teenagers who stress about doing well in their GCSE exams are likely to get lower results than peers who remain calmer, research has found.
- Almost half of England’s school districts will have more primary pupils than places within two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.
- Tricks used by some schools in England to inflate GCSE science results were revealed at a conference on Wednesday.
- Every child starting primary school in the North East borough of Gateshead this September will be offered free school dinners for one week in a bid to convince more parents to sign up for them.
- Most parents want schools to encourage values such as honesty and fairness in pupils, a survey suggests.
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