Tag: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

  • Bringing Truth to the Youth: The Counter-Recruitment Movement, Then and Now

    Bringing Truth to the Youth: The Counter-Recruitment Movement, Then and Now

    Emily Yates | Originally published in Truthout - July 16, 2016 "Back when we started, recruiters were just blatantly lying to the kids," said Susan Quinlan, the co-founder and volunteer coordinator of the peace and justice group, Better Alternatives for Youth–Peace (BAY-Peace). For 12 years, she's been bringing teams of youth into Oakland, California, schools to inform students about deceptive mi ...

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    June Brumer | The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth | Every Child Succeeds Act | Oakland Unified School District | BAY-Peace | Better Alternatives for Youth–Peace (BAY-Peace) | Susan Quinlan | Emily Yates | Chicago | Rick Jahnkow | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery | STEM | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | ASVAB | Seth Kershner | JROTC | Project YANO | Hart Viges
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  • Counter-Recruitment Season

    Counter-Recruitment Season

    Kevin Young - “Counter-recruitment,” alternatively known as “truth-in-recruiting” or CR for brevity’s sake, involves providing young people and their parents with information about alternatives to mi ...

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    United For Peace and Justice | truth-in-recruiting | Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities | Project Great Futures | National Lawyers Guild | Kevin Young | counter-recruitment work | counter-recruiting movement | Brooklyn For Peace | ACLU | War Resisters League | Truth in Recruiting | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | Counter-recruitment activists | Counter-recruitment | Counter Recruitment in High Schools
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  • On My Son’s First Day of Kindergarten: OurSchoolsAreNotFailing.org organizes communities to defend their schools from NCLB

    On My Son’s First Day of Kindergarten: OurSchoolsAreNotFailing.org organizes communities to defend their schools from NCLB

    Jesse Hagopian - Today is the first day of school in Seattle. I have never been more excited and nervous for the first day because, not only do I start teaching, but my 5-year-old starts kindergarten ...

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    Seattle Central Community College | Seattle | No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 | No Child Left Behind | NCLB | MAP test | Jesse Hagopian | Arne Duncan | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | NCLB Section 9528
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  • Military Targets Corvallis High Schools: Too Young to Drink, Old Enough to Serve

    Military Targets Corvallis High Schools: Too Young to Drink, Old Enough to Serve

    Genevieve Weber/Corvallis Advocate - War is a touchy subject, especially given the near-palpable tension of the upcoming presidential election. If you’re against war, you’re a hippy at best, anti-mil ...

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    Veterans for Truth in Military Recruiting | Truth in Recruiting | recruiter access | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | militarism in K-12 schools | Genevieve Weber | Corvallis Advocate | militarization of youth | militarization of schools
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  • Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health?

    Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health?

    Amy Hagopian, PhD, Kathy Barker, PhD - SINCE ITS ADOPTION IN 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified more quickly and by more governments than any other human ...

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    Kathy Barker, PhD | Amy Hagopian, PhD | United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child | National PTA | Military Recruitment at Public Events | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | Military recruitment as public health issue
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