Talk:Teach First

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  • origins of teach first [1]
Spring 2002, Rona Kiley head of business and education at London First and Brett Wigdortz, a McKinsey consultant came up with the idea of adapting Teach for America and setting up a scheme in London, called 'Teach for London'. The idea being to get graduates to commit to teaching for two years and gain marketable skills for lead in what ever field they chose. It was slow at getting started, with businesses unwilling to give support to the scheme unless the government did and visa versa. As Wigdortz approached the end of an unpaid 6 month sabbatical from McKinsey, George Iacobescu, chief executive of Canary Wharf stepped in, providing £25,000 and things started from there. The Government supported the scheme, Wigdortz quit his job at McKinsey to become chief execute of Teach First, and with Kiley convinced a lot of organisations to join the scheme. The first cohort of participants were hired, starting their training in the Summer of 2003. They numbered 184 graduates mainly from the Russell Group of Universities and headed into 46 schools in London
  • teach first week [2]
  • criticisms
  • expand and improve course structure section
  • the references cited in the "current situation" paragraph are not linked to their sources —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.65.216.203 (talk) 14:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for criticism

Being a firm supporter of the scheme, I'm worried this article will appear like marketing spiel. If anyone can find articles or references from people opposed to the scheme I would be most appreciative as I have failed miserably so far. The closest I can find is : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4037453.stm but the message isn't clear. I know there are critics out there somewhere...

letter to the guardian http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1308574,00.html Pluke 10:35, 13 October 2006 (UTC)