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Troops to Teachers

Near-Zero Tolerance for Trooper Teachers

Sachin Patel | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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Sachin Patel

There's been a lot of attention paid to the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, for instance, which will be run by a group of ex-servicemen when it opens in 2013, with a focus on discipline and zero-tolerance for bullies and other malfeasants.

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Militarising Education - Sir, No, Sir!

Dr Jonathan Gilmore | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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Dr Jonathan Gilmore

As plans for the first state-funded Free School, staffed entirely by ex-soldiers, begin to take shape, the UK's current love affair with its armed forces seems to be moving in a worrying new direction.

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Soldiers in the Classroom? No Thanks!

Scott Hill | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics
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Scott Hill

Undoubtedly, one of the worst things to have happened to this great nation over the last few decades is its Americanisation.

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Michael Gove, and the False Allure of Shiny Buttons

Matthew Wright | Posted 09.11.2011 | UK Politics
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Matthew Wright

The knees of rightwing politicians have often turned to jelly when a big man in shiny buttons marches past. Gove should know better. Forcing a military regime on the classroom would not raise standards

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