Coalition of Peace Groups Seeks To Rid Schools of Military Influences

By Millicent Lawton

A national coalition of peace activists--whose affiliates are already challenging local school policies-has set out to forge a comprehensive, and apparently unprecedented, effort to eliminate the influence of the U.S. military on public and private schools.

The broad-based coalition, encompassing more than two dozen organizations, is encouraging and coordinating the efforts of grassroots peace education and anti-military activists across the country.

Working in concert, they hope to increase pressure on school beards, administrators, and counselors to halt recruitment and other practices on campuses acknowledged by the military...