Tag: militarization of schools
-
U.S. Army Tries New Recruiting Tactics After Missing Targets
Read more...
Largest branch of military struggles in a strong economy; a pilot program in Chicago Ben Kesling, Wall Street Journal - CHICAGO —The U.S. Army is experimenting with new recruiting tactics as it struggles to connect with young people who have other job options in a strong economy. Last year the nation’s largest military branch recruited just under 70,000 troops, about 10% short of its target of ...
-
Trump's Austerity Budget Increases Military Recruiters' Power to Prey on Youth
Read more...
Sarah Jaffe | Originally published in Truthout - March 24, 2017 Donald Trump's budget slashes social programs while inflating an already massive military budget, meaning that for many people in ...
-
Poverty, Militarism and the Public Schools
Read more...
Robert C. Koehler | Originally published in CommonDreams - What’s the difference between education and obedience? If you see very little, you probably have no problem with the militarization of the ...
-
Do Military Recruiters Belong in Schools?
Read more...
By Seth Kershner & Scott Harding - The United States stands alone among Western nations in allowing military recruiters to work inside its educational system. Section 9528 of the 2001 No Child Left ...
-
Public Health Experts Identify Militarism As Threat
Read more...
David Swanson - A remarkable article appears in the June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The authors, experts in public health, are listed with all their academic credentials: ...
-
Changing Recruitment Policies in Schools: One Phone Call and Email at a Time
Read more...
Kate Connell - In the spring of 2014, I went to observe a career day at Santa Barbara High School, where my son is enrolled. There were a variety of organizations with representatives and literature ...
-
The militarization of American public schools
Read more...
Steve Filips and Don Barrett - Syracuse, New York’s Fowler High School to be “reformed” This fall, Syracuse, New York will join the still small but growing list of public schools dedicated to the ...
-
Drones Are a Military Recruiting Issue
Read more...
Seth Kershner - Over the past several years, activists have fought against the use of unmanned aircraft (commonly called “drones”) to carry out targeted killings in the war on terror. Anti-drone ...
-
Henry Giroux | Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation
Read more...
Henry Giroux - This article draws from a number of ideas in Henry A. Giroux's newest book, Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education. As universities turn toward corporate management models, they ...
-
Henry Giroux on the Militarization of Public Pedagogy
Read more...
by Seth Kershner - Critique is Not Enough As a counterpoint to the current hand-wringing over public education in the U.S., it may be helpful to remember that we will spend a comparatively small ...
