Counter Military Recruitment in Your School
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NYCoRE has created a curriculum, "Military Myths: Combating Military Recruitment in the Classroom" as part of a widespread response to the increased efforts of military recruiters in New York City high schools. Military Myths is a 5 day classroom curriculum created by teachers for teachers. Drastic cuts in state and city education budgets are indicative of the war being waged against low-income youth, especially youth of color. Military recruiters see the lack of sound educational institutions in low-income communities as an opportunity to encourage young people to join the military after high school. We as teachers must proactively address military myths with our students and challenge them to seek alternatives to enlisting in the military.
