The six month slap-in-the-face for UK teachers

Open Thinkering Education, credit crunch, economy, government, GTP, ITT, politics, schools, teacher training, teaching

My video response to the news that the UK government is proposing 6-month teacher training ‘fast-track’ schemes. This is apparently to make it easier for those made unemployed in the economic downturn to enter (what has been called up until this point) the ‘teaching profession’.

Relevant links:

  • BBC News | Education | Six months teacher training plan
  • Reuters | UK unions criticize 6-month teacher training plan
  • The Guardian | Gordon Brown promises new deal for credit crunch victims
  • The Times | SchoolGate | From bankers to teachers? Not when they find out about salaries…