Tag: Forced Placement into JROTC
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Senators Warren, Sanders, Hirono Introduce Junior Reserve Officer Training Safety Act
Legislation Would Protect JROTC Recruits from Abuse, Forced Enrollment and Increase Oversight of Program One Pager (PDF) | Bill Text (PDF) June 15, 2023 / Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) / Senate.gov - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension ...
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Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools
The branches of the U.S. military have long seen high schools as optimal recruiting grounds. Some veterans are beginning to fight the propaganda and tell students the truth about military service. ...
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Freshman JROTC enrollment plunges after overhaul by Chicago Public Schools
Jan 5, 2023 / Alex Ruppenthal / Chicago Sun Times - Freshman enrollment in a controversial military-run training program plummeted this academic year at some Chicago high schools after district ...
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Our Children Are Experiencing Militarization of the US Up Close and Personally
February 23, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino / Truthout - During a Veterans Day celebration in my small Maryland community, a teacher clicked through a slideshow of smiling men and women in military ...
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Children of War
The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds February 23, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino / Tomdispatch - During a Veterans Day celebration in my small Maryland community, a teacher clicked through a ...
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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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