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 Â鶹Éç 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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