P661 Teletext 661 Jun24 00:51:51 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONY BLAIR RISKS TEACHERS' WRATH Labour leader Tony Blair has expanded on his party's education plans in a lecture in London. He said his party would create a new grade of "expert" teacher to encourage the best to stay in the classroom, but that incompetent teachers would go. Mr Blair said it was time to update the comprehensive system and to raise standards in primary schools, perhaps bz the use of baseline assessments. ——————————————————————————————————1/2—— Regional news 331 Sport 170 JOBS, TRAINING, ADVICE p640 (C4) Mentor Class '95 Keyboard TV PlusP661 Teletext 661 Jun24 00:54:26 ——————————————————————————————————————— LABOUR POLICY WINS MUTED SUPPORT The Labour party's policy document on education was given a cautious welcome by the biggest teaching union. The National Union of Teachers issued a statmjnt welcoming the equitable funding for all schools. The Campaign for State Education also welcomed the proposed equity in funding, but regretted that the Labour party was not proposing to phase out the remaining grammar schools. ——————————————————————————————————2/2—— Regional news 331 Sport 170 JOBS, TRAINING, ADVICE p640 (C4) Mentor Class '95 Keyboard TV Plus