Telegraph – Alex Spillius
“Mr Obama’s ally and enforcer is his education secretary Arne Duncan . . . who has the giant task of turning around American schools. Together they have delivered a stern message to the Democratic Party and the teachers’ unions that the status quo of failing schools and job-for-life teachers is unacceptable . . . Repeatedly, the President has warned that, if American schools don’t succeed, then neither will the country. It is against that backdrop that Mr Duncan arrives in London this week to support Michael Gove’s plans to set up “free schools”.”(more)