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GTE Conference 2025 #9: International connections

Living Geography

He introduced himself to me by showing me the cover of 'Why Study Geography?' It was a pleasure to chat to Petr Knecht: from the University of Ostrava. on his phone and asking me whether that was me who'd written the book. He then showed me articles on Google Scholar where my book was referenced in his work and that of others.

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Making Time for Social Studies and Science Without Sacrificing Literacy

TCI

A 2018 national survey found that K-3 teachers spend an average of 89 minutes per day on ELA and 57 minutes on math, but only 18 minutes on science and 16 minutes on social studies.

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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation.

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GA Conference 2024 - Train strike news.

Living Geography

I'm sorry not to be there for Denise Freeman's Presidential lecture, and catching up with the whole geography community, and also a chance to congratulate Steve Brace in person for his recent appointment as Chief Executive of the GA. I'd prepared a session on Jay Owens' book 'Dust' for the Geography Book Club session on Thursday.

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GeoNight 2025

Living Geography

The international "Night of Geography", promoted by EUGEO and IGU , will be held on April 4th 2025. From 2018 onwards, the initiative has expanded internationally, first in Europe, thanks to EUGEO, and then even beyond, thanks to the IGU. If you'd like to propose a session the form is here.

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Feedspot Top 40 Blog

Living Geography

Apparently LivingGeography is one of Feedspot's Top 40 Geography blogs , along with my Cultural Geography blog. There's one blog included where the most recent post is dated in 2018 - naming no names ;) I'm not sure how they work these things out.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. In 2018, 98 percent of K-12 school districts met the FCC’s minimum connectivity target of 100 kilobits-per-second per student in schools. school and library to the internet.