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Article: Taking on the teachers.(Britain)(education results and public service are ongoing concerns in the United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2001
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IF EDUCATION, education, education was the soundbite for Labour's first term, delivery in triplicate is the overriding theme of Labour's second term. The electors were prepared to give Tony Blair a second chance to come good on the promise to achieve high-quality public services. They will not be so forgiving a third time round if performance remains lacklustre.
In Britain's schools, money is not the problem over the next three years. But the shortfall in spending compared with other countries remains substantial. International comparisons released this week by the OECD show that public spending on education in Britain was 4.9% of GDP in 1998, compared with an ...