Tag: JROTC
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What is NNOMY?
9/12/2024 / Perplexity Ai - NNOMY, or the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth, is a coalition of organizations in the United States that actively opposes the militarization of schools and the recruitment of young people into the military. Founded in 2004 following a national counter-recruitment conference in Philadelphia, NNOMY aims to connect local, regional, and national ...
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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 - ...
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Army boss’ mission: Persuade schools to welcome recruiters
March 5, 2023 / Lolita C. Baldor / AP News - Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on ...
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AI Explains About Opposition to JROTC
JROTC stands for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, a program that is designed to provide high school students with leadership skills and prepare them for a possible future career in the ...
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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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In Public Schools, the N.R.A. Gets a Boost From Junior R.O.T.C.
Instructors in military-sponsored J.R.O.T.C. classes have offered to promote the N.R.A. in high schools in exchange for money for their marksmanship programs. The Junior R.O.T.C Florida State ...
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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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J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World*
Descriptions of civic life and some key historical events differ from the way they are taught in typical public school textbooks. Credit...Zack Wittman for The New York Times Dec. 11, 2022 / Mike ...
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Lawmakers to Investigate Sexual Abuse in Junior R.O.T.C. Programs
The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable. Credit...Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times ...
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Military Recruiters Should Have No Place in Our Schools
Federal legislation enforces the militarization of schools, giving recruiters easy access to teenagers vulnerable to persuasion. An outlier among other nations for this method of recruitment, the ...
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