Tag: JROTC
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When Rural Schools Partner with Military Recruitment Programs, It’s Above All Pragmatic
February 1, 2024 / Janie Ekere / The Daily Yonder - Center for Rural Strategies - Activists remain concerned about the costs and ethics of school military recruitment, despite the potential educational and career opportunities it can offer, said Scott Harding and Seth Kershner, co-authors of “Contested Terrain: School Militarism and the Battle for Hearts and Minds.” But in response to funding ...
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DoD STARBASE: Early Grooming for Military Recruitment
January-March 2024 / Seth Kershner / Draft NOtices - Beginning in 2022 the New York Times began publishing an astonishing series of investigative articles on Junior ROTC -- the most sustained and ...
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Latinos Lured to the Military
A Laredo high school graduate became a Marine, with tragic results. This piece was produced in collaboration with Latino USA. Please visit their site for the audio version of this story. September ...
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Thousands of American high school students illegally forced into Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
February 05, 2023 / Nancy Hanover, James Vega - As the US expands the US/NATO war against Russia and prepares for war with China, the military faces a growing shortage of new recruits. Large numbers ...
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JROTC Is Preying on Poor Students
A recent string of revelations about abuses by the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps presents an opportunity to rein in the military’s presence and power in public schools. 01.08.2023 / Seth ...
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Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military’s Junior R.O.T.C.
In high schools across the country, students are being placed in military classes without electing them on their own. “The only word I can think of is ‘indoctrination,’” one parent said. Dec. 11, ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Seth Kershner’s ‘Breaking the War Habit’
A first of its kind, "Breaking the War Habit" — focuses on the historical and contemporary role of the military’s involvement in American education. October 3, 2022 / Maynard Seider / The Berkshire ...
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How Counter-Recruiters Take on the U.S. Military
Military recruiters count on economic hardship to lure young people of color to sign up. Counter-recruiters are working hard to thwart their efforts. Sep 6, 2022 / Aina Marzia / YES! Media - Year ...
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What I Discovered in the JROTC Curriculum
July-September 2022 / Lauren Reyna Morales / Draft NOtices - In the summer of 2020, I was recruited by the non-profit Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) to review core ...
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The US Military’s JROTC Program Is Even Worse Than You Thought
August 23 2022 / Steve Early / Suzanne Gordon / Jacobin - We’ve long known that the US armed forces target poor and working-class students to meet their enlistment goals. But according to a recent ...