No Child Left Behind
Background Articles
Military
Recruitment in U.S. High Schools Under the No Child Left Behind
Act
(a 1-page fact sheet)
Text
of Section 9528 of the No Child Left Behind Act
Regarding Military Recruitment
Military
Recruiting Law Puts Burden on Parents
By Elaine Rivera
Originally Published in the Washington Post Sunday, November 24,
2002; Page C01
No
Child Unrecruited: Should the military be given the names of
every high school student in America?
By David Goodman (Originally published in the November/December
2002 Issue of Mother Jones.)
UNCLE
SAM WANTS... Your Child's Name, Phone Number, and Address
The passage of recent “school reform” legislation intended
to improve upon the nation’s school systems also allows the
military access to private student information.
if
only military recruiters had a Do-Not-Call list. or
Why you might want to be wary of those recruiting calls and the
legislation that makes them possible.
from the Student Peace Action Network
Military
Recruiters Getting a Foot in Door: Federal Education Bill Requires
High Schools to Share Student Data
by Susan Milligan
Published on Thursday, November 21, 2002 by the Boston Globe
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Student
Organizing
Sample
Student Petition
Sample
Student Letter to take name off list
High
School Students Rights: What Every Student Should Know
Parent
Organizing
Sample
Parent Petition
Sample
Parent Letter to take son/daughter's name off list
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Strategies
for Action
Has
Your School Given YOUR Private Information to the Military?
(1 page handout)
Across the nation, students and activists are taking
action, saying NO to the increased militarization of our schools
The
Military Out of Our Schools - Strategies for Action
(1 page handout)
It's
Time to Teach Peace and Make Our High Schools Military-Free Zones!
What recruiters and JROTC don't tell students a the military
(3 page handout)
War.
A Possible Draft. Military Recruiters and Programs in Our Schools
What YOU can do (1 page handout)
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