Dr. Preece

APRIL 20, 2024

It felt like there were some emerging themes across a number of sessions: the concepts of power, representation and ‘whose Geography’ have now firmly established themselves at the heart of the conference conversation. Clearly, there’s elements of both – a dialogue between Conference and the rest of the community and wider school geography.

Geography 63

Geography Professional Development Pedagogy Teaching 63

Living Geography

JANUARY 5, 2024

First of all you may want to nominate a colleague for an RGS Award The deadline is approaching to nominate colleagues for the RGS / Ordnance Survey Awards in recognition of excellence in geography education at the secondary level. Professional Geography Award for recognition of excellence in the use of geography in professional practice.

Geography 52

Geography Critical Thinking Teaching Education 52

Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

King is an assistant professor of political science and geography at Old Dominion University. She is the recipient of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement (American Democracy Project, June 2024) and the Stand Out Faculty Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, November 2019). Dr. Athena M.

Civic Engagement 68

Civic Engagement Teaching Civics Political Science 68

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. In 2014 the FCC modernized the E-Rate program to make it more affordable for schools and libraries to upgrade their internet connection speeds.

Primary Sources 134

Primary Sources Library K-12 Geography 134

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Communities, ones organized by race, socioeconomic class and geography, use schools to cover blatant housing discrimination, school financing bias and white supremacy. Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014.

Economics 83

Economics Geography Civics History 83

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. The median household income in Oktibbeha County for black residents is $21,795 annually while the median income for white households is almost double, at $41,501, according to American Community Survey 2014 estimates. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

Private School 111

Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Recent data shows that New York City schools still call police to take children in emotional distress to the emergency room despite a 2014 legal settlement in which they agreed to stop the practice. The use of psychiatric evaluations to remove children from school isn’t just happening in Wicomico.

Middle School 137

Middle School Professional Development Geography Public School 137

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. In 2014, the national association of EBS license holders sent the FCC a proposal to make a public inventory of available spectrum, and then gradually open it up for applications from school districts and nonprofits.

Library 105

Library Middle School High School Government 105

O-Level Geography

JANUARY 10, 2025

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Geography 52

Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Teacher shortage is primarily a function of race and geography,” the authors wrote. State officials have taken steps to raise salaries, passing a law in 2014 that would reward high-performing schools or those that showed improvement. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school.

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Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

Junior High 133

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 133

Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

Geography, #> Territory, and Conflict.” *Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> > #> ———. Quick Victories? Territory, Democracies, and Their #> Disputes.” Journal of Conflict Resolution* 57(2): 258–84. #> > #> ———. > #> Gibler, Douglas M., Miller, and Erin K. > #> Miller, Steven V.,

K-12 52

K-12 Library Social Science Individual Identity 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Amanda Peters, a 2023 MAHG graduate, teaches AP Government and AP Human Geography at Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas. Ashbrook Publishing, 2014. These give students a sense of how self-government works, and may even give students opportunities to participate by commenting at such meetings. Peters agreed. Edited by Gordon Lloyd.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Living Geography

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It's ten years since the Detectorists was first shown - in early October 2014. Alright geography degree, where should we be searching?" Detectorists' instantly grabbed me when the first episode of the first series was broadcast on the BBC on 2nd of October 2014. It was the focus of an article in today's Guardian newspaper.

Geography 116

Geography Archaeology Museum Cultures 116

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The book was valuable for state geography and basic vocabulary, she said, but using it to teach about the Civil Rights Movement was out of the question. In a 2014 report, the group said the state had improved somewhat, covering 50 percent of recommended content. Her assigned ninth-grade textbook back then? And not just in February.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While an individual or group may think that they are an island, the geography teacher in me can see that their island, like everyone else’s, is in the middle of concentric circles of scale. Department for Education (2014). Diversity and Discrimination. McPhee and V.-M. Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges.

Human Rights 40

Human Rights Geography Humanities Controversial Topics 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

They can learn social studies in Spanish; its still history and geography. Related: A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Heres what it took Kids can learn math in Spanish; its still math, Lile said. These subject matters dont exist only in English.

Elementary School 119

Elementary School Education K-12 History 119

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. History and Civics scores for eighth-grade students sounded an alarm: scores have dropped by an average of five points since 2018 and nine points since 2014.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

The report also found that refugee education projects received less than 1 percent of all global education aid in 2014. By 2014, Kakuma was 58,000 people over capacity and the UN created a new settlement just north of the camp to accommodate those continuing to flee. Photo: Yannick Ruhimbasa for The Hechinger Report.

High School 111

High School Teaching Geography Humanities 111