JROTC Is Preying on Poor Students
A recent string of revelations about abuses by the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps presents an opportunity to rein in the military’s presence and power in public schools.
Scott Harding is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and a coauthor, with Seth Kershner and Chuck Howlett, of the new book Breaking the War Habit: The Debate over Militarism in American Education (University of Georgia Press, 2022).
A recent string of revelations about abuses by the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps presents an opportunity to rein in the military’s presence and power in public schools.