Following the indecisive general election in May 2010, the Tories and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with David Cameron as Prime Minister, George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education. Right from the start, Gove was a man in a hurry. Within two weeks of his appointment he had written to all primary and secondary schools in England inviting them to become academies. His Academies Bill was created in haste and rushed through Parliament, receiving the Royal Assent on 27 July 2010. This initial burst of activity was a sign of Gove's determination to leave his mark on England's education system. Two years on, how is he doing? The following is a summary of what has happened since the beginning of this year--to our schools, to the teachers who work in them, and to the education they provide.