Education Secretary Michael Gove said the decision to fund development of the new curriculum should help revitalise maths teaching in schools and colleges.

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Lemon serves as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College, teaching and participating in curriculum designed around new media.

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Testing was also used as a lever to change teaching methods and to tie teachers to the new national curriculum.

BBC: Signs of a turning tide on tests

The campaign began last month amid concerns that teaching about climate change would be removed from the proposed new curriculum.

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