Posted 10/13/2009 - 08:18:25am by MichelleHynes in Encore Nation, Encores for Education & Youth
TIME magazine recently featured Troops to Teachers, a Department of Education-Department of Defense partnership that places returning veterans in high-need U.S. classrooms. The program is especially successful at recruiting men and members of minority groups to serve in math, science, and special education roles -- filling critical gaps in urban schools.
The program's supporters say that Troops to Teachers "needs to enlarge its talent pool in order to attract the waves of younger troops returning from hot spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan and making the not-always-easy transition to civilian life." Two members of the House of Representatives, Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Petri (R-WI), plan to introduce legislation that would do just that.
David Bank, editor of Encore.org, has written about the Troops to Teachers model on this site and in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Read the full article here, and share your thoughts about how we can recruit experienced men and women to serve as teachers where they're most needed.
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Sens. Bennett, McCain Introduce TTT Enhancement Act
At a press conference yesterday, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) joined members of the House to introduce the Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act. An article in the Air Force Times describes the changes proposed to the current program, including reducing the length-of-service requirements and expanding the number of eligible public schools.