What is the No Child Left behind Act (NCLB)? The NCLB “reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) -- the main federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. Proposed by President Bush shortly after his inauguration, NCLB was signed into law on January 8th, 2002", later again renewed in 2007(http://answers.ed.gov/cgi-bin/education.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4).
The most intriguing and probably the most disturbing aspect of the NCLB, (ignoring the fact that it’s been the interest of corporate profiteers since its inception) is section 9528.
Section 9528 provides military recruiters the dexterity to access to information pertaining to high school students and to the students themselves. Among the information: student names, addresses, and telephone listings. A student or legal guardian may request that the information listed in the former, not be released without written parental consent (http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2002/12/00_section9528.htm).
The problem is that we are seldom notified by our local education agencies of such a thing, which is why many of us may be left scratching our heads when we receive recruitment pamphlets and glossy fold-outs with images of the archetypes of what aspirant 18 year olds ought to be, in our mail.
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