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No it's not. China is turning out more talent on average per capita than we are. To date the economy has been built on a blue collar workforce, but they have their sights firmly set on the more premium work/industries that we think we can hold onto. If we're not careful, we'll all be on £8k a...

How about £40k? You want a well taught generation that will help us compete with emerging nations like the China that are going to surge way ahead of us? Let's pay for it then. A better educated workforce and society is better for us all.

Disparity in wages is extraordinary. Teachers do not earn too much. Other professions earn far too much, because this society (not country) has its priorities all screwed up. You can earn almost as much as an Office Manager as you can if you are a teacher. Teachers are realising this, which is...

It's not unauthorised. They are holding a legal strike. What's unauthorised about that? You want to fine people for the right to strike?

I find that hard to believe. It's fairly well reported that teachers are saying the reasons behind this strike are strong. It is well reported that Gove has lost the teachers - both rank and file, and the heads. Perhaps some NSC teachers will give their view.

Good luck to them. Time Gove realised that punitive measures bought in to manage performance don't work; also his regressive attitude to the curriculum is wrong (going back to the 3R's and one examination at the end of term doesn't work); and also how about encouraging people into teaching - at...