Michael Gove comes in for some praise as a true conservative radical in the Coalition. While I agree that Gove has broken the taboo that British education isn't working anymore and needs to change; I don't agree with the piece's view that Gove has provided a modern agenda in education and I think we need to recognise that education has always been a highly politicised instrument of social policy.
Britain has never had an effective public education system focussed on what children need for their best life outcomes.