Tag: No Child Left Behind
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Georgia National Guard Will Use Phone Location Tracking to Recruit High School Children
April 16 2023 / Sam Biddle / The Intercept_ - The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools and location-based phone surveillance — to persuade teens to enlist, according to contract documents reviewed by The Intercept. The federal contract materials outline plans by the Georgia Army National Guard to geofence 67 different ...
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This Ex–Army Ranger Goes on Missions to High Schools—but Not to Recruit
Rory Fanning - For a decade, Afghanistan vet Rory Fanning has been battling the desire to inflict pain on himself. Instead, he visits schools. Early each New Year’s Day I head for Lake Michigan with ...
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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 ...
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Signs of a Coming Push to Further Militarize Schools
Rick Jahnkow - In May 2013 the Military Times newspapers carried an article titled, “Services Prepare for Scant Recruiting Year.” It began with the following sentence: Finding recruits to join the ...
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Fresno Peace Activists Say: "Military recruiters: ‘leave my child alone!"
10/09/2005 / Mike Rhodes / Indybay.org - A march and rally was held in downtown Fresno today (September 10, 2005) to encourage students to "opt-out" of being contacted by military recruiters. ...
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