Tom Burkard, author of the CPS report ‘From Troops to Teachers‘ and co-founder of the Phoenix Free School, is profiled by BBC News.
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“At the Phoenix Free School, due to open in Oldham next year, pupils will be taught by a purely ex-military staff.
The school is the brainchild of Prof Tom Burkard who came up with the idea of fast-tracking former servicemen and women into UK classrooms.
The professor of Education Policy at University of Derby also wrote the original think-tank report ‘Troops to Teachers’ for the Centre for Policy Studies in 2008.
In the paper, he advocated bringing a United States programme which retrains retiring troops as teachers for inner city schools, to the UK.
He suggested that ex-troops without degrees could begin their new careers as teaching assistants or remedial tutors.
This is exactly the policy that will be has adopted at Phoenix, a mixed comprehensive.”
To view the full article, visit the BBC News website.
Date Added: Friday 7th June 2013
