Quality | 2008.08.01
Sam Freedman: Good teachers are made in the classroom
The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers. So says Tony Blair\'s one-time education adviser Michael Barber, and this is unquestionably true. Countries in which teaching is a high-status profession such as Finland or South Korea regularly top international league tables of pupil performance. In this country we have excellent teachers, but because other careers have higher status, not enough of our best graduates join the profession. Moreover, we remain poor at developing teachers and rewarding those who are successful.
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