Just before the election campaign, David Laws, then Liberal Democrat education spokesman, branded the Tories' schools policies "dotty".
But with the emergence of an historic Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, the two parties have bridged chasms that until recently would have seemed too vast.
Early compromises
The new government's first coalition document sets out key policy priorities based on areas of common ground and agreed compromises between the parties. The big idea in education is to introduce a pupil premium, which will provide extra money to fund the schooling of disadvantaged children and young people.
But can the plans make a real difference to the poorest children and young people?
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