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ERIC Number: EJ741054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Oct
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-127X
EISSN: N/A
NCLB's Trix Not for Kids
Schroeder, Ken
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v70 n2 p73-74 Oct 2004
In this article, the author talks about a provision that President Bush put the near end of his "No Child Left Behind" Act, forcing school districts to share with military recruiters the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all high school juniors and seniors. Here, the author features the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY), a growing national network of groups working to stop the militarization of youths and schools. Parents and their high school students have no knowledge of the provision, nor are they aware of their right to "opt out" of having their private information handed over to military recruiters. Many thousands have been maimed, wounded, or killed in the Iraq war, numbers taking on added significance because military recruiters often target people of color--particularly poor or working class people of African or Latino descent--for recruitment. A record number of women and a higher percentage of Latinos serve on the front lines in Iraq. NNOMY provides facts on related issues such as recruitment fraud and misinformation about the delayed enlistment program and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in public schools.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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