Why do people defend failing schools, but not failing hospitals?

By Bagehot

CHARLOTTE Leslie, the thoughtful new Conservative MP for Bristol North West, makes an interesting suggestion in today’s Daily Telegraph. Given that improving the quality of teachers is a big part of the vital task of improving British state education, and given that professions such as medicine have no trouble attracting high-quality recruits, might there be useful lessons for the educational establishment to learn from the professional training given to surgeons?

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