Use of Inhalants among MIAMI's Public School Students, 1992

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1155-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Yarnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Probit Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Problem ◽  
Dade County ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Ready Access

This analysis examined inhalant use by 482 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools in 1992. Probit analysis indicated factors associated with increased probability of use included peers' use of inhalants, earlier grades (Grades 7 and 8), ready access, and a family member with a drug or alcohol problem. Adolescents were slightly more likely to use inhalants if they knew of the associated risks.

LSD Use among Miami's Public School Students

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-432
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Yarnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Dade County ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Ready Access ◽  
Significant Factors

This analysis examined LSD use by 492 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools in 1992. Significant factors which increase the probability of use include the fact that the adolescents are Euro-American, peers' use of tranquilizers, ready access, and awareness of the risks.

Steroid Use among Miami's Public School Students, 1992: Alternative Subcultures: Religion and Music versus Peers and the “Body Cult”

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Yarnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dade County ◽  
School Students ◽  
Steroid Use ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Peer Use ◽  
Significant Factors ◽  
Musical Activities

This analysis examined self-reported use of steroids by 478 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools during 1992. Statistically significant factors which tended to increase the probability of steroid use by adolescents included peer use of steroids, being male, and residing either with their mothers or on their own. The only statistically significant variables which are negatively related to steroid use are that religion is an important part of their lives and that students are involved in musical activities at school.

Use in 1992 of Amphetamines among Miami's Public School Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-417
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Yarnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Dade County ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Amphetamine Use ◽  
Significant Factors

This analysis examined self-reported amphetamine use by 473 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools in 1992. Significant factors which increase the probability of use include peers' use of amphetamines and the fact that the adolescent is a female.

Use in 1992 of Tranquilizers and Smokeless Tobacco among MIAMI's Public School Students

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-220
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Yarnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Older Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Ready Access ◽  
Significant Factors

This analysis examined tranquilizer use by 466 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools in 1992. Significant factors which increased the probability of use include that the adolescents were female, older students, peers' use of tranquilizers, ready access, and they lived alone. Smokeless tobacco use among 468 students was positively and significantly linked to peer influence, students being male, younger, living alone, and the availability of smokeless tobacco.

scholarly journals A Comparison of the Academic Achievement of Home School and Public School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Boulter
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Home School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Significant Difference

<p>This study added to existing data on home school effectiveness by comparing the academic achievement of 66 home school students with 66 of their grade-level peers in traditional public schools. The two groups of students were matched on gender, race, and grade level and were administered the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery III. No significant difference in overall academic achievement was found between the groups.  Both home school and public school students had average or above average scores in reading, math, written language, and broad knowledge (science, social studies, and humanities).  The results further revealed a downward trend in math, reading and broad knowledge scores with increasing grade level. This trend suggests that home school and public school students experience a “developmental mismatch” between the changes that occur in adolescence and their school/home experiences, resulting in lower motivation, confidence, and academic performance.</p>

Making Broad Shoulders: Body-Building and Physical Culture in Chicago 1890–1920

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Churchill
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Board ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Chicago Public School

In February 1899, the Committee of Physical Culture of the Chicago Public School Board approved an intensive “anthropometric” study of all children enrolled in the city's public schools. The study was a detailed attempt to measure the height, weight, strength, lung capacity, hearing, and general fitness of Chicago's student population. Through 1899 and 1900, thousands of Chicago's primary, grammar, and high school students had their bodies closely scrutinized, measured, weighed, tested, and, in a few cases, diagrammed. What the School Board members wanted to know was the “fitness” of the student body. Were Chicago public school students—many recently arrived immigrants from eastern and southern Europe—vital and vigorous children who could become energetic modern workers and citizens (Figure 1)?

scholarly journals EDUCAÇÃO INTEGRAL: IMPASSES E PERSPECTIVAS DOS PROGRAMAS MAIS EDUCAÇÃO E CIDADESCOLA- PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Augusta B. S. Oliveira Klebis ◽  
Osmarina Gomes Paiola ◽  
Samara Correia Lima
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Public School ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Integral Education ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Historical Trajectory

In the current context, government and civil society have been discussing commitments related to children ́s and youths ́right to education, expressed in the increasing ofthe daily length of permanencein public schools, beyond the six hoursa day. Thus, the main objective of this research is to bring to the debate the implications and challenges of the implementation of the IntegralEducation by municipalities. More specifically, it seeks: a) to discuss the concept of integral education through the view of several authors; b) to provide different experiences with integraleducation on the historical trajectory of Brazilian education; c) to reflect on the importance of integraleducation tothe development of subjectsin its various dimensions; d) to analyze the projectsfor integraleducation in the programs “Mais Educação”(linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education) and “Cidadescola”(of the municipality of Presidente Prudente). To develop this study,the methodology chosen was the bibliographical research,with aqualitative approachto thetheoretical support of several authors, in addition to miningofficial documents on the programs analysed. We conclude that, although advances have been observed, it is still necessary to overcome many challenges to achieve the desired quality for an education that provides the human and social emancipation of public school students.

scholarly journals Factors associated with safe sex among public school students in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco José Machado Viana ◽  
Anibal Faúndes ◽  
Maeve Brito de Mello ◽  
Maria Helena de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Consistent Condom ◽  
School Students ◽  
Consistent Condom Use ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
School Activities

A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate factors associated with safe sex among sexually active public school students in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study focused on correlations between the variables gender, age, schooling, current grade, ethnicity, religion, importance attributed to religion, mothers' education, prior exposure to any sex education, promotion of juvenile protagonism, and participation by health professionals in school activities and consistent condom use with casual or stable partners and with use of other modern contraceptive methods. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. Male gender and participation by health professionals in school activities were positively associated with all indicators of safe sex, and maternal schooling of more than eight years was positively associated with consistent condom use with casual and stable partners. Secondary (versus elementary) schooling and age (older) were inversely associated with consistent condom use with casual and stable partners, respectively. Ascribing greater importance to religion and Evangelical religion were negatively associated with use of modern contraceptives in the last sexual intercourse.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Food Insecurity in Households of Public School Students of Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane de Souza Bittencourt ◽  
Sandra Maria Chaves dos Santos ◽  
Elizabete de Jesus Pinto ◽  
Marie Agnès Aliaga ◽  
Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Factors Associated

scholarly journals Public school students at a clear disadvantage in English language vocabulary production

Káñina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-94
Author(s):  
Damaris Castro-García
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Private School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Based Instruction

The aim of the present study is to offer a comparative perspective on the level of attainment of productive vocabulary in three different high school settings in the Costa Rican educational system. The study compares the results obtained in two tasks that demand controlled production and free productive vocabulary from students who attend these schools. The vocabulary was measured through the Productive Vocabulary Levels Test (PVLT) and a free composition, respectively. The first school is a school where content based instruction is implemented. The second school, a semi-private school, offers more hours of instruction of English as a Foreign Language than the minimum required by the Ministry of Education, although English is not used to teach non-language subjects. In the third school, a public school, the minimum number of hours officially required is offered to the students (532 hours). The results in the controlled productive vocabulary task and in the free composition favor, by far, the performance of the students who are taught using English as a medium of instruction. These results point to a much-needed change in the teaching methodology of EFL in Costa Rica, especially when it comes to the teaching practices implemented in most public schools.

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