Atlanta (CNN Business)Competitive video game playing, also known as esports, is now a high school varsity sport in eight states. It began with Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in the fall of 2018. A few months later, the National Federation of State High School Associations said Alabama, Mississippi and Texas Charter schools have joined the mix. CNN was recently invited to see to a competition in Georgia between North Atlanta High School and Grady High School, also in Atlanta, at the city's newest esports arena. The venue opened in February as part of the Johnson STEM Activity Center. The global esports market is expected to generate more than $1 billion in 2019, according to research firm Newzoo. It also estimates the esports audience will reach 454 million this year. Two teams of students with six players each faced off in a video game game called "Smite," one of the three high-school-sanctioned esport games, in which they battle each other as gods … [Read more...] about Video games are now a legitimate high school sport
Similarities about high school and college
Women With Twin Brothers Are More Likely to Face Penalties at School and
Women with twin brothers do worse in school and make less money than those with twin sisters, a large new study has found. In their 30s, the women wound up earning 9 percent less. They were also less likely to graduate from school, marry and have children. The researchers said the effects were because the women were naturally exposed to their brothers’ testosterone in the womb. The study, published Monday The findings might also help explain a paradox — over all, encouraged to be competent, while boys are encouraged to be confident, and school today requires a lot of self-control, which most boys develop later. Once people start working, women face sexism and a host of other inequalities (many related to motherhood). Testosterone, which all females are exposed to in utero, might be another contributor. The hormone is associated with certain behaviors — including aggression, competition and risk taking — that might contribute to boys’ underperformance in … [Read more...] about Women With Twin Brothers Are More Likely to Face Penalties at School and
Johnson City High School students collaborate with school in Colombia
When Magdala Bedrin first arrived to the United States from Panama, she didn't know how to speak the English language. Now, 20 years later, Bedrin can sympathize with the students in her Johnson City High School Spanish class. "When I came here, my English was zero," she said. "And I know exactly how you feel when you can't speak another language and you must speak it. It was very difficult." But instead of just teaching the fundamentals of language, Bedrin is now working to bridge the gap between cultures. This year, she has connected her junior and senior high-schoolers with students in Loma de Piedra, a school in Barranquilla, Colombia. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn GALLERY: Johnson City students collaborate with school from Colombia Fullscreen Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Buy Photo Johnson City High School teacher Magdala Bedrin has connected students in her her high school Spanish … [Read more...] about Johnson City High School students collaborate with school in Colombia
The Register’s list of the 50 best Iowa high school boys’ basketball stars of all time
Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn From the archives: Iowa boys' state basketball through the years Fullscreen Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Buy Photo 1959: Calumet coach Ray Knauer is lifted by his team after their Class B state boys' basketball championship. Register file photo Buy Photo Fullscreen Buy Photo 1949: Le Mars players (from left) Dwight Wolbers, Jim Schultz, Eldon Clement and Jim Lorenzen diagram a play using a salt shaker, milk bottles and ketchup bottle. Register file photo Buy Photo Fullscreen Buy Photo 1949: Creston players register at Hotel Jefferson after arriving for the state boys' basketball tournament. Register file photo Buy Photo Fullscreen Buy Photo 1953: Clarence team members show how they will use their height and arms to contend with Richland at the state boys' basketball tournament. Register file photo Buy Photo Fullscreen Buy Photo 1956: Emmetsburg … [Read more...] about The Register’s list of the 50 best Iowa high school boys’ basketball stars of all time
Understanding the Iowa high school legacy of mega-recruit quarterback Max Duggan
Jim Duggan remembers Kyle Orton. Not Orton, the NFL quarterback who spent most of his career with the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos. Orton, the Southeast Polk Ram. See, back in 2000, Iowa had two elite quarterback prospects: Orton and Mike Stuntz, the latter of whom played for Duggan at St. Albert in Council Bluffs. Orton went on to start four years at Purdue, and Stuntz wound up playing a few different positions for Nebraska. Now, 18 years later, Duggan’s son, Max, is considered the state’s best quarterback prospect since Orton. "Orton is talked about a lot in our house," Jim Duggan quipped. From a recruiting and talent standpoint, the comparison is valid. Both were four-star, cream-of-the-crop players with a long list of suitors. Both picked colleges that haven’t traditionally been the norm for Iowa products — with Orton at Purdue and Duggan, who plays for his dad at Lewis Central, on his way to TCU. But that’s about where the … [Read more...] about Understanding the Iowa high school legacy of mega-recruit quarterback Max Duggan