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Teaching News and Events (30/11/13) Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:00 AM PST Here are links to some of this week’s education news headlines: Some secondary schools’ arrangements for allocating places are too complicated, a schools watchdog says. A new study warns that schools are flouting the law by dropping religious education in a move that risks leaving pupils ‘ill-prepared’ to make sense of faith in later life. Just a fifth of graduates training to work in primary schools this year are men amid continuing concerns over a lack of male role models in the classroom. One of Britain’s leading science personalities has said government plans to cut hundreds of millions in science funding and grant provision to poorer students are “nonsensical”. Sexism is so widespread in the UK that it affects “most aspects” of the lives of girls and young women, a report from Girlguiding says. This report by Estelle Morris expresses concern that the new legislation on special educational needs will help a few, but will also ignore thousands of others. The head of UCAS warns that many pupils – particularly those from poor families – may miss out on places at leading universities by taking vocational qualifications. Michael Morpurgo, the author, calls on Michael Gove to reinstate story time in all schools, arguing children must have time for “contemplation”. Next week's Teaching Events include: 1st December – World AIDS Day 1st December – Advent Sunday 5th December – International Volunteer Day 8th December – Bodhi Day The post Teaching News and Events (30/11/13) appeared first on Teaching News.

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