discussion Poverty Draft confirmed: Thousands of poor kids nationwide forced into JROTC classes

[Vermillion]

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J.R.O.T.C. programs, taught by military veterans at some 3,500 high schools across the country, are supposed to be elective, and the Pentagon has said that requiring students to take them goes against its guidelines. But The New York Times found that thousands of public school students were being funneled into the classes without ever having chosen them, either as an explicit requirement or by being automatically enrolled.

 

A review of J.R.O.T.C. enrollment data collected from more than 200 public records requests showed that dozens of schools have made the program mandatory or steered more than 75 percent of students in a single grade into the classes. A vast majority of the schools with those high enrollment numbers were attended by a large proportion of nonwhite students and those from low-income households, The Times found. X

 

[GraceRandolph]

 

The Pluto return exposed the US for exactly what it is.

[Communion]

Abolish the US military. 

[CottageHore]

But we’re worried about gay people existing in school literature 

[RunUpDoneUp]

This is right in line with christian nationlism, the values of state must be defended and by the hands of the poor no less, it's the LEAST they could do!

[chessguy99]

I think this is more about school districts wanting to get free teachers than anything else. These school districts have significant student populations and inadequate funding. I know Chicago school district is constantly asking for more state money and for the city to up the tax rate, neither which gets done most of the time. I don't think it has much to do about militarism or nationalism, but getting a teacher at no cost for some of their toughest schools to staff.