Teaching must again become a valued profession. We must even re-think the salary scale. Increased salaries for increased responsibilities are critical. He is right to call for additional support for teachers in this area. I make one additional suggestion to those he is proposing.
Teachers can claim income tax relief on certain books purchased to help with their teaching.
I believe we should explore extending such relief to the purchase of personal IT equipment for teachers. Re-establishing teachers as valued professionals means that we can, in return, expect much from them. But it also means that we must treat them as professionals, involving them in decision making, giving them greater freedom over what is taught by further slimming down the National Curriculum and trusting them to get on with their job. Far too many politicians have lately been telling teachers how to organise their classes and, even, how to teach. That is best left to the professionals.