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How 'free' will Free Schools be?

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How "free" will Free Schools in England be?

One of the ideas being considered by the government is that rules about teaching qualifications should be relaxed, allowing some people to take classes who did not have the required teacher training.

Reporter Zubeida Malik has been speaking to a couple of trainee English teachers at Kings College, London.

The NUT's Christine Blower and Rachel Wolf, of the New Schools Network (NSN), debate the proposal.


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