article_snippet.sent: Establishing an Educational Standards Authority (ESA) is part of a plan for England which would also include a new Royal College of Teachers.
article_snippet.sent: Other measures include curbing some of the reforms put in place by Mr Gove, with the Lib Dems insisting that all teachers in state-funded schools - including academies and free schools - have qualified status or are working towards it.
article_snippet.sent: A slimmed-down core national curriculum would be compulsory in all state schools, bringing free schools and academies in line with those run by councils.
article_snippet.sent: Or making exams harder?
article_snippet.sent: Or training teachers in schools rather than left-wing colleges dominated by the unions?
article_snippet.sent: It's thanks to Conservative reforms that 1,000,000 more pupils are now in good or outstanding schools.
article_snippet.sent: Conservative policies have delivered a 71% increase in students taking rigorous academic subjects and ensured 100,000 six year olds are reading more confidently. '