Militarizing Youth In Public Education: Observations from A Military-Style Charter School

Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writers describe a military-style charter school. Suggesting that the charter school serves as a context for examining the utility of transferring neoliberal values into school practices, they focus on the chart...

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Authors: Aguirre, Adalberto (Author) ; Johnson, Brooke 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 148-162
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Educational vouchers
Academic Achievement
Political autonomy
Youth > United States
Militarism
Neoliberalism
Charter schools > United States
Counterterrorism > United States
Education & politics
Education > United States
education policy
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Summary:Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writers describe a military-style charter school. Suggesting that the charter school serves as a context for examining the utility of transferring neoliberal values into school practices, they focus on the charter school as a vehicle for the military indoctrination and recruitment of youth. They define the school as one response to pressure from proponents of neoliberal values and the market-driven mindset.