The petition, on the 38 Degrees campaign website, argues that the secretary of state must experience life in the classroom before he makes any further changes to education.
Launched by Amy Neill, a teacher herself, at the time of writing the petition had accrued 107,191 signatures.
Ms Neill said: “Before you make any further suggestions of how you think the education system can be ‘improved’, please experience what teaching actually involves.
“As teachers, we work extremely hard in increasingly difficult conditions. We would like you to teach a class of primary children for at least half-a-term in order to appreciate and respect what a challenging job we actually do.”
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