Chicago Seeks Soldiers For Schools

Education Weeek ^ | June 21, 2002 | Staff

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EDUCATION WEEK - NEWS CLIPPINGS:

Chicago Seeks Soldiers For Schools From The Washington Post: June 21.

Chicago Public Schools officials are advertising in military magazines and visiting bases in a push for new principals and teachers, particularly young men who might not otherwise consider the profession. It's an idea President Bush embraced during his campaign that has been catching on across the nation.

To read the full text of the Washington Post article summarized above, click HERE.

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For more information on this trend of the military getting into public education:

'The Jeb Bush Nobody Knows' -- Part 17: Jeb's NEW requirements for FL public school principals: NONE

Lefty Grown Up [George Will on Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown's religious/military charter school]

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From article:

John Gantz, director of the federal Troops to Teachers program, said his office has seen a boom in applicants in the last year since first lady Laura Bush began touring bases to promote the idea. Schools are interested, too, phoning to find out how to get involved.

"From the schools' point of view, what they're getting is someone who has maturity, they have their own self-discipline and they've been successful in a first career," Gantz said.

Since 1994, Troops to Teachers has placed about 4,300 former military members in schools across the country, operating mainly as a referral service after its federal funding was cut in 1996. With the new money for stipends and bonuses, Gantz said, the program expects about 1,000 participants this year.

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The source: Education Week

[Constitution Scholar]

This is interesting. My father actually became a school-teacher after getting laid off from the military. He now teaches at a residential school for deliquent girls.
Basically, he puts down the law, and follows through, with none of these damn behavioral problems teachers have in schools. And because of that, he is also respected and liked by his students.

[Constitution Scholar]

This is interesting. My father actually became a school-teacher after getting laid off from the military. He now teaches at a residential school for deliquent girls.
Basically, he puts down the law, and follows through, with none of these damn behavioral problems teachers have in schools. And because of that, he is also respected and liked by his students.

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Thank you so much for your comments. Your father sounds like a talented guy! :)