There has been quite a lot of comment in the Press about the decision taken by Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for the Department of Education and Skills regarding her decision to allow a teacher who admitted sexually abusing a child, and who name had been placed on the Sex Offenders Register, to teach in a school. It has subsequently emerged that other ministers have in the past taken similar decision in exceptional cases. Not unexpectedly a great deal of the Press comment has been hysterical in nature and somewhat ill informed.
The BBC have produced a helpful summary of what the case is about here and here and provides a potted history of the action Ministers have taken in recent years.
Some of the more responsible comments can be found in excellents article in The Times by Matthew Paris's (here), David Aaronovitch (here), and in Peter Preston's article in the Guardian (here). The Guardian also have added to the debate by summarising some of the finer political issues involved in Ministers a persons suitability to teach (here) and by looking at the issues from both sides of the argument in Mary Riddells thought provoking article (here). A similar approach is taken by the Observer (here)