Tests, training and teachers.

I read the following article on the BBC yesterday 26.10.12  "Trainee teachers to face tougher entry tests"  and in the article "Education Secretary Michael Gove says the "rigorous selection" of trainees is key to raising standards."
These are my thoughts and reactions to the above.

• If only half the educational research carried out by teachers in the field was actually implemented - educational standards would rise.

• If "Education Secretaries' / Ministers let teachers and educational researchers implement their findings - educational standards would rise.

• If parents actually interacted and communicated with their children before starting school - educational standards would rise.

• If parents, politicians and the media stopped telling teachers what they should, should not do, be, have - educational standards would rise.

• If testing was not seen as the be all and end all of education - educational standards would rise.

Educational standards would rise if politicians, parents and teachers truly worked together in a spirit of mutual trust and respect showing children how when we work together "we educate ourselves together." (Janusz Korczak Loving Every Child  p.70) 
What  if  would you add?