A brave bid to balance autonomy and accountability. But it had better work - or else.

The author reflects on the British government's white paper "The Importance of Teaching," which is released in 2010. He asserts that the white paper talks about the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), sixth-forms, school improvement, school funding, among others. He says that the paper also mentions several education-related issues including over-regulated schools and gap between poor and rich pupils. He claims that the paper is an attempt to balance autonomy with accountability.