The British continue to follow our lead, unfortunately

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Teachers' pay and sick days to be published as Michael Gove goes to war with unions
By LAURA CLARK
Last updated at 10:17 AM on 9th November 2010

Ministers are heading for a showdown with teachers over their pay deal and plans to rank schools by staff qualifications and sickness rates.
The Coalition could break up national deals on teachers’ pay, allowing heads to dictate salary levels and severely weakening the power of the unions.
The plans emerged yesterday in a five-year blueprint issued by Education Secretary Michael Gove’s department.
Parents will be given a wealth of extra information on school performance, including the standards of education attained by teaching staff and how often they go off sick.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327816/Michael-Gove-wars-teaching-unions-Coalition-lets-heads-decide-salary-levels.html

[adnelson60087]

1. What we're facing is an international effort

to undermine public education and teachers' unions and morale. It's a shame it seems to be working, even outside the US.

[txlibdem]

2. Think bigger.

It's not just teachers and teachers unions.

You can do it. Come on. I have faith in you. You can put all these disparate puzzle pieces together to find out what's really going on. You're part way there, just keep going.

Show me some progress and I'll give you some more hints later on...

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