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"Like insistent chatter at the back of the class, worried whispers about public funds formed the distracting backdrop for yesterday's school reform plans. The children's secretary, Ed Balls, insists Labour will keep the cash flowing, and it is probably true - as he does not quite say - that it will tax a little more than the Conservatives and so also spend a bit more. But the difference is at the edges; the truth is that schools will soon feel the pinch, whoever wins the election, and yesterday's paper was really about making scarce resources do more work. The emerging divide is between a Conservative party that believes parental choice can do the trick, and a Labour party that believes the state must play a more proactive role - a role reflected in yesterday's long list of measures.

The hottest potato in Mr Balls's stew is the proposal to license teachers to do their job, on a renewable five-yearly basis."...more...