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*[[Policy Exchange]] and [[Uncommon Schools]] (Sept 2014). [[Uncommon schools]] (www.uncommonschools.org), is a US charter school operator co-founded by [[John King]] Jr, US Education Secretary from 2016.
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*[[Policy Exchange]] and [[Uncommon Schools]] (Sept 2014). [[Uncommon schools]] (www.uncommonschools.org), is a US charter school operator co-founded by [[John King]] Jr, US Education Secretary from 2016. Uncommon Schools managing director, [[Doug Lemov]] gave the inaugural [[Policy Exchange]] / [[Teach First]] Education Lecture in September 2014.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/media-centre/blogs/category/item/doug-lemov-at-the-annual-policy-exchange-teach-first-lecture-2 Doug Lemov at the annual Policy Exchange / Teach First Lecture], Policy Exchange website, 12 September 2014</ref>
 
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*[[Teach First]] (October and December 2014, May 2015)

Revision as of 12:02, 19 July 2016

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Tom Shinner became UK Department for Education director of strategy at the end of 2013 at the age of 28. He was also a board member of the UK Department for Education.

Prior to becoming an adviser to then Education secretary Michael Gove, Shinner was a managament consultant with McKinsey & Company.

He was also co-founder of a free school in South London, the Greenwich Free School.[1]

Gove adviser

As Director of Strategy, Shinner's job was to advise Education Secretaries Michael Gove and later Nicky Morgan. He also led the Department for Education's strategy unit, performance unit, implementation group and policy advisers; as well as supporting the 'effective implementation of high-priority initiatives'.[2]

Meetings with external organisations

Shinner met with the following organisations between September 2014 and July 2015:[3]

References

  1. Tom Shinner, Linkedin profile, accessed July 2016
  2. Tom Shinner, government profile, accessed July 2016
  3. List released under FOI law
  4. Doug Lemov at the annual Policy Exchange / Teach First Lecture, Policy Exchange website, 12 September 2014