In recent years, a number of fields have begun to wrestle with this problem, but none with such profound social consequences as the professionofteaching.
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said when he launched the education commission report this week that it should not be taken as a criticism of the teachingprofessionof today.
Professionalization of a teachingprofession that merely focuses on getting better PISA test scores or more efficient teachingof a common core curriculum will do no better than what we have now, and probably worse.