A Few Good Kids?

Mother Jones by David Goodman | Aug. 31, 2009 (Investigative Report)
How the No Child Left Behind Act allowed military recruiters to collect info on millions of unsuspecting teens.

Recruiters hit pay dirt in 2002, when then-Rep. (now Sen.) David Vitter (R-La.) slipped a provision into the No Child Left Behind Act that requires high schools to give recruiters the names and contact details of all juniors and seniors. Schools that fail to comply risk losing their NCLB funding. This little-known regulation effectively transformed President George W. Bush's signature education bill into the most aggressive military recruitment tool since ... Full Story »

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Last year, the California Legislature barred schools from sending ASVAB results to military recruiters, though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill More »

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