Tolerating Political Dissent: The Impact of High School Social Climates in the United States and West Germany. By H. Dean Nielsen. (Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell International, 1977. Pp. 138. Sw. kr. 49.)

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 302-303
Author(s):  
Marilyn B. Hoskin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
The United States ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Political Dissent ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Catastrophic High School and Collegiate Cheerleading Injuries in the United States: An Examination of the 2006-2007 Basket Toss Rule Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca K. Yau ◽  
Savannah G. Dennis ◽  
Barry P. Boden ◽  
Robert C. Cantu ◽  
James A. Lord ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Rule Change ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Background: Cheerleading is a specialized athletic activity that can lead to catastrophic injuries. Cheerleading rules are in place to maximize safety of participants. The purpose of this study was to describe catastrophic cheerleading injuries among high school and collegiate-level participants in the United States and to explore whether the 2006-2007 basket toss rule change was effective at reducing the number of catastrophic injuries. Hypothesis: The 2006-2007 basket toss rule change contributed to a reduction in the number of catastrophic injuries among high school and collegiate cheerleaders. Study Design: Case series. Level of Evidence: Level 4. Methods: Data on catastrophic cheerleading injuries were collected by the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research from July 2002 to June 2017. Information collected included cheerleader, event, and injury characteristics. The impact of the 2006-2007 rule change banning the basket toss on any hard surfaces was assessed by comparing injury rates and 95% CIs before and after the rule change. Results: There were 54 catastrophic cheerleading injuries, or 3.6 injuries per year. From July 2002 through June 2017, the injury rate was 2.12 per 1,000,000 cheerleaders (95% CI, 1.56-2.69). Most cheerleaders sustained serious injuries (n = 27; 50%) during practice (n = 37; 69%) to the head (n = 28; 52%) and cervical spine (n = 17; 32%). From July 2002 through June 2017, basket tosses were the stunt that accounted for the highest proportion of injuries (n = 19; 35%). The basket toss injury rate decreased from 1.55 to 0.40 per 1,000,000 cheerleaders among both high school and collegiate cheerleaders after the rule change. Conclusion: Catastrophic injury rates in cheerleading decreased dramatically after the 2006-2007 rule change banning basket tosses from being performed on any hard surfaces. In particular, there was a nearly 4-fold reduction in the rate of catastrophic basket toss injuries.

scholarly journals A Curriculum of Ideology: Use and Abuse of Modern History Education in Russia and the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady ◽  
Michael Lovorn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Character Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
School History ◽  
20Th Century History ◽  
Comparative Content ◽  
The Impact ◽  
History Classes

This paper examines the extents to which students in high school history classes in Russia and the United States are subjected to curricula, texts, images, and symbols that promote patriotic and nationalistic ideology. The authors performed a comparative content analysis of various commonly used Russian and American 20th century history textbooks. This analysis included an exploration of textual attention to ideological agendas, including the heroification of certain political and military figures, and led researchers to a series of implications regarding the impact of this manipulation of content on students’ general understandings of history, their country’s place in history, as well as an overall effect on their personality and character development. Most notably, analysis of recent textbooks in both countries revealed clear agendas intended to foster and promote national identity and patriotism.

Impact of Digital Technologies on the Competitiveness and Professional Education of High School Students in the usa and Singapore

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Vladimir Innokentievich Petrishchev ◽  
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Tatiana Petrovna Grass ◽  
Matvey Aleksandrovich Mashukov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. The relevance of this problem lies in its insufficient study in comparative pedagogy. Modern society in many countries of the world, based on market relations, seeks to create an environment with the widespread use of information technologies, makes high demands on school graduates who must be ready to realistically assess the level of their abilities and social skills, make an informed choice of their future profession, and competently build communication with social institutions and employers. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterize the impact of digital technologies on the competitiveness and vocational education of high school students in the economically developed countries, such as USA and Singapore. Research methodology and methods. Analysis of scientific literature, initiatives and projects in the two studied countries in the field of introducing digital technologies into the practice of vocational education showed the feasibility of introducing new technologies and forms of organizing training. Research results. The article emphasizes that the emergence of new digital technologies and the pandemic in early 2020 have fundamentally changed the usual patterns of behavior and practice in every country. In the United States, in 2020, due to Covid-19, the “Workplace” simulator model has become widespread, allowing high school students to acquire work skills in selected clusters (specialties) as successfully as if they worked in a real workplace, and in Singapore new technology of 3D virtual reality contributed to the acquisition of professional competencies by high school students and to increase their competitiveness. Conclusion. The study of the impact of the introduction of digital technologies in the professional education of students in the United States and Singapore is of important, not only theoretical, but also practical value, since it contributes to the competitiveness of graduates of educational organizations.

Banning of Ethnic Studies in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma E. Cantú
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Sb 1070 ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Events ◽  
The Impact

During the first decade of the 21st century, a political movement based in Arizona sought, through legislation, to ban the use of certain books and the teaching of certain authors and concepts in high school classrooms in the Tucson Unified School District. HB 2281 was signed into law in May 2010 on the heels of one of the strictest anti-immigrant legislative acts, SB 1070. These two bills would become intertwined in the imagination of the country and would elicit protests and generate actions by activists, writers, and teachers as they wound through the legal battles that ensued. This article explores the consequences of the law and the impact both locally and nationally of such actions by focusing on two key events: The Poets Against SB 1070 and the Librotraficante project led by Houston activist Tony Díaz. Moreover, it contextualizes such a historic event within the larger history of educational disenfranchisement of Latinx in the United States.

scholarly journals Inequality in Life Lost to Violence in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander F. Roehrkasse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
The United States ◽  
High School Diploma ◽  
White Males ◽  
The Impact

This study uses demographic methods to describe ethnoracial and educational inequality in the cumulative risk of homicide death and life lost to violence in the United States. If age-specific homicides rates were to continue at 2018–2019 levels, more than 1 in 19 Black males without a high school diploma would die by homicide. In contrast, 1 in 152 White males without a high school diploma and 1 in 233 Black males with a bachelor's degree would be violently killed. Among Black males without a high school diploma, homicide led to a decrease in life expectancy at ages 15–19 of more than two years. The impact of U.S. violence on the life expectancy of socially marginalized people exceeds the population impact of all causes of death except heart disease and cancer.

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