Tough time for teachers
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| 14:32 UK time, Friday, 11 February 2011
It seems a flak jacket should be the garment of choice for teachers just now.
There's been a series of attacks on pay and conditions.
First up politicians proposing a - effectively a pay cut as inflation is escalating.
There's to be a review of the McCrone deal.
And is already tackling gains such as and its pay levels.
Now a think tank the - run by a former teacher - is calling on so that in-service days are less disruptive for families.
That suggestion seemed to strike a chord. When my colleague Jackie O'Brien in Inverness interviewed parents outside she found many had already thought about the report they'd first heard about on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TV and radio that morning. It is unusual to find this level of awareness of an education issue in the news.
Interestingly the straw poll indicated a gender divide. Mothers seemed to be supportive of reorganisation of in-service days while dads indicated the current arrangement is absolutely fine.
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