That is the big story. Schools are being privatised, but also nationalised, which may sound contradictory but not to a government which, while it believes ideologically in deregulation, wants to stay in control. Power in education was once dispersed, with teachers, parents, local councils and central government all having rights and responsibilities defined by statute. Change required persuasion and negotiation. Gove has ensured that, in future, it will occur by Whitehall diktat. On that, we should all share the teachers' seasonal anger.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/08/share-teachers-seasonal-anger-gove
