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Reed, Malcolm – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
In this semi-autobiographical short story, Malcolm Reed writes about English teachers' responsibilities towards the pupils they teach. This work grew from his insight that the armed forces have traditionally recruited from areas of high unemployment and low literacy. Reed taught for many years in an all-boys, secondary school in one of London's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Armed Forces, Military Service, Recruitment
Newitt, Jane – American Demographics, 1988
In the next decade, the military will rely on aggressive marketing to battle the nation's businesses as both search for the best entry-level employees. (Author)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Marketing, Military Service, Personnel Selection
Schroeder, Ken – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author talks about a provision that President Bush put the near end of his "No Child Left Behind" Act, forcing school districts to share with military recruiters the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all high school juniors and seniors. Here, the author features the National Network Opposing the…
Descriptors: Military Service, Recruitment, High School Students, Confidentiality
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
This document is the third volume of a transcript of hearings before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Committee on Veteran's Affairs concerning proposed H.R. 1400--the Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981. The proposed Educational Assistance Act, an updated GI Bill, would provide the following educational benefits: 80…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Enlisted Personnel, Financial Support, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
This document is the first volume of a transcript of hearings before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs concerning proposed H.R. 1400--the Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981. The Proposed Educational Assistance Act is an updated GI Bill, which would provide the following educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs. – 1980
These congressional hearings contain testimony pertinent to S. 2020 (the proposed Armed Forces Earned Educational Assistance Act of 1980). (These bills would establish new programs of educational assistance benefits for those serving in the All-Volunteer Forces.) Testimony and written statements given by twenty-seven individuals and panels are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Armed Forces, Educational Legislation
Au, Wayne, Ed.; Bigelow, Bill, Ed.; Karp, Stan, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2007
Since the first edition was published in 1994, Rethinking Our Classrooms has sold over 180,000 copies. This revised and expanded edition includes new essays on: (1) science and environmental education; (2) immigration and language; (3) military recruitment; (4) teaching about the world through mathematics; and (5) gay and lesbian issues. Creative…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Justice, Standard Spoken Usage, Childrens Literature