Gove told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: "I do worry that taking industrial action, being on the picket line, being involved in this sort of militancy will actually mean that the respect in which teachers should be held is taken back a little bit".
But he also wants parents to scab on upcoming teachers strike. Leaving aside any questions about training and criminal record checks (piffling little concerns), taking his his proposal at face value, it shows what Michael Gove really thinks of teachers, what comprehensive education really means to him; glorfied babysitting.
The proposal is, of course, overwhelmingly impractical, unworkable, but it has an obvious ideological dimension. Contrary to he stated 'concern', Gove actively wants to set parents against teachers AND teachers against parents. Education is a collective process, teachers and parents have to work together to the best of their ability. Imagine being a teacher giving a report on a child to a parent who scabbed on your strike, who collaborated with this government to sell your future. No doubt you would be professional, but it wouldn't half damage relations and morale. It hardly bears thinking about.
Support the strike on June 30th... Strike if you can, support the pickets if you can't. In the meantime here's a little something for you, tide you over, Michael Gove falling down.
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