Summary
TONY BLAIR will unveil his biggest U-turn in seven years by announcing plans to convert Britain's top comprehensive schools into independent schools modelled on private education.
The head teachers of up to 500 comprehensives will be freed of state control and given many of the powers of their private-school counterparts.See the full content of this document
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Blair's Elite School U-Turn
They will be able to break free of the state curriculum, pay teachers up to Pounds 60,000 a year compared with their current maximum of Pounds 45,000, borrow money from the private sector for new classrooms and select some pupils.
But Blair's education shake-...See the full content of this document
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