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An Exploration of Spillover Effects: Evidence from Threat-Induced Education Reform
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Bleiberg, Joshua – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
This study explores spillover effects between national security and education issues. I examine whether the rise of new foreign threats is correlated with education issues rising onto the congressional agenda and with the passage of education laws. To answer this question several data sources on military conflicts and congressional activity from…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, National Security, Educational Legislation
The Unchanging American Capacity in Languages Other than English: Speaking and Learning Languages Other than English, 2000-2008
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Rivers, William P.; Robinson, John P. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
We present results of 2006 and 2008 replications of the 2000 General Social Survey (GSS), which included nine questions on languages other than English (LOEs) spoken (Robinson, Rivers, & Brecht, 2006). In 2000, 26% claimed they could speak another language, with 10% saying they could speak it "very well." In 2000, foreign language…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Student Attitudes, National Security, Second Language Learning
Comparing Children's Fears in Alabama: An Investigation Using Post-9/11 and Post-Invasion of Iraq Data
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Burnham, Joy J. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2006
This study was designed to investigate the fears of children and adolescents in Alabama in the aftermath of 9/11 and after the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003. The American Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC-AM; Burnham, 1995, 2005) was utilized to measure the fears of youth in Grades 2-12. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Fear, Student Surveys, National Security, Safety