RT Article
T1 Is “Opting Out” Really an Answer? Schools, Militarism, and the Counter-Recruitment Movement in Post-September 11 United States at War
JF Social justice
VO 32
IS 3
SP 163
OP 178
A1 Tannock, Stuart 1969-
LA English
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747157813
AB Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writer critically examines the analytic framework that shapes most antiwar and counter-recruitment work in the U.S. He states that such work tends to be based upon the opt out principle whereby parents can sign a form requesting that their child's personal contact information not be handed over to the military by their high school, as is required by a provision in the No Child Left Behind Act. Suggesting that opting out is not the best way to strengthen and extend the reach of counter-recruitment work, he discusses alternative means of altering the structural and cultural forces that drive U.S. youth toward empire, violence, and war.
K1 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
K1 UNIVERSITIES & colleges
K1 Schools
K1 Pacifists
K1 Armed Forces
K1 Peace Movements
K1 September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
K1 Employee recruitment
K1 Education & politics
K1 United States armed forces
K1 Recruiting & enlistment (Armed Forces)
K1 Education -- United States
K1 education policy