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This week in the TES Magazine
Balls in your court
Oh hurrah, the Schools Secretary - or perhaps the PM! - is to honour your school with a visit. But hang on, will you simply be used as a backdrop for political flag-waving in the run-up to election day?
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Curriculum - By word of mouth
The new English language GCSE will see pupils tested on analysis of the spoken word for the first time. And as Dorothy Lepkowska reports, Dizzee Rascal might be an excellent subject for discussion
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The road less travelled
In precarious economic times, asking your employer for six months off may seem little short of professional suicide. But as Friederike Heine reports, sabbaticals can enhance your professional development - and save your school precious funds
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Bounced out of school
In New York, hundreds of teachers accused of misconduct or incompetence are sent to reassignment centres known as ‘rubber rooms’. There they await - sometimes for years - a hearing at which they can put their side of the story
This week in FE Focus
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Slashed funding leaves 7,000 jobs under threat
Scores of adult training courses could close as colleges face £200m budget cuts, survey reveals
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Colleges could thrive as companies, says paper
157 Group report proposes radical shake-up that would see FE institutions running everything from schools and training providers to cleaning firms

