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NOTE: This article on the NNOMY website is not an endorsement of the NGYCP but rather an illustration of how marginalized U.S. American youth are directly profiled to fill the ranks of the military services based on their vulnerability to the criminal and military societal complexes that exist within a vigorous financially based culture. Additionally, as indicated in this Brookings report, they are deemed available and thus "economically indispensable," for militarized vocations due to low achievement levels and their socio-economic conditions.
May 1, 2007 / Hugh B. Price / The Brookings Institution - Executive Summary: A decade ago, the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future issued a prescient warning in its report, entitled What Matters Most:
“There has been no previous time in history when the success, indeed the survival, of nations and people has been tied so tightly to their ability to learn. Today’s society has little room for those who cannot read, write and compute proficiently; find and use resources; frame and solve problems; and continually learn new technologies, skills, and occupations. . . . In contrast to 20 years ago, individuals who do not succeed in school have little chance of finding a job or contributing to society—and societies that do not succeed at education have little chance of success in a global economy.”
Demographic trends indicate that the U.S. economy will rely increasingly upon Latinos and African Americans because together they, and especially the former, will comprise a steadily growing proportion of the adult workforce. By 2020, roughly 30 percent of the working-age population in the United States will be Latino and African American. Yet these economically indispensable population groups, along with low-income youngsters, consistently lag farthest behind academically.
As recently as 2005, roughly half of fourth and eighth grade black and Latino students performed Below Basic in reading and math according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Actually, the imperative of boosting achievement transcends ethnicity. White students far outnumber those from other ethnic groups and constitute over one-third of all youngsters scoring in the lowest quintile. Compounding these academic gaps, distressingly large numbers of Latino and African-American youngsters drop out of high school.
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March 1, 2006 / Sonia Nettnin / 
