Mariah Carey is the Bing Crosby of Gen Alpha

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97% of high school cheerleaders in the US are girls. Readers of THE HIGH SCHOOL may be surprised to learn that in the early 20th century they were all boys, and were called “yell leaders.” How cheer changes over time tells us a lot about shifts and turns in the ways that school life shapes gender.

March Madness! It seems that everybody now loves women’s basketball. But in "The High School," readers discover a surprising history leading to today’s exciting explosion of the sport.

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Women’s History Month reminds us that how we remember the past matters. In "The High School," Michael Messner unveils the surprising ebbs and flows of gender equity in girls’ sports over 120 years. Progress is never linear.

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#GenderEquity #WomensHistory

Feb 27 is John Steinbeck’s birthday. Steinbeck was student at Salinas High School in 1919 and his story is a thread that runs through Michael Messner’s new book, "The High School".

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#Steinbeck #Booksky #History #Sociology

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This brief video introduces Michael Messner’s new book, THE HIGH SCHOOL, an analysis of shifting gender and race relations that includes 270 photos taken from 120 years of high school yearbooks.

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