Schools: Seriously Young Blood ; Education Gets a Dose of Youthful Radicalism in the Form of the New Schools Minister, David Miliband. but He May Be Too Close to No 10 for Teachers' Comfort, Writes RICHARD GARNER

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The education world is thrilled by the dazzling appointment of the young Blairite MP David Miliband, 36, to be schools minister. His is a meteoric rise to power - from humble backbench MP directly to minister, within just under a year of being elected to Parliament - an almost unprecedented feat.

Political pundits with long memories may recall Harold Wilson's appointment of Frank Cousins to his Cabinet in 1964 - three months before he became an MP. So, today, the education world will be all agog to see Mr Miliband's ministerial debut at the National Association of Head Teachers' conference in Torquay.

All the talk is of Mr Miliband's brains - he has a first …