The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value.

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Living Geography

MAY 3, 2025

In a tiny fraction of our Earths history, we humans have used our power to exploit the Earth and other animals. Scientists are calling it The Anthropocene - the age of human. Since the industrial revolution we have broken our ancient bonds with nature and devastated the natural world. Image copyright: Zed Nelson / Guest Editions.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The event will investigate how landscape features such as rivers, mountains, and other natural elements function as both connectors and boundaries, shaping cultural narratives and societal interactions. The exploration of liminal spaces, such as caves and groves, that create sacred or secluded environments and their cultural implications.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Before the soft-footed, domesticated Felis catus found its way into Chinese homes, another feline species occupied human settlements for thousands of years. Their findings suggest that leopard cats filled the niche of rodent control in human settlements long before domesticated cats arrived.

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Maitri Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cultural geography is about more than where things are located on the earth. It helps us recognize that we are beautifully diverse in our cultural choices and fundamentally the same in our humanity. Try greeting the children in the morning and say, "There's something new in the geography folders today.

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Maitri Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cultural geography is about more than where things are located on the earth. It helps us recognize that we are beautifully diverse in our cultural choices and fundamentally the same in our humanity. Try greeting the children in the morning and say, "There's something new in the geography folders today.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

A piece of poetry performed at the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2023 TeachMeet titled ‘#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power of Geography Voice)’ The full TeachMeet recording with a range of teaching ideas and thoughts for the Geography teacher can be found on YouTube here.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. On the podcasting front, we would listen to Social Studies podcasts such as Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History and Mr. Hunt’s Geography podcast.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Some of the glyphs, interpreted as humanoid, or humans wearing headdresses. Of the 303 newly discovered glyphs, 178 were suggested by AI, highlighting the power of this tool to enhance human-led archaeological efforts. Sakai et al., PNAS , 2024) In collaboration with the IBM Thomas J. Orcas with knives. Sakai et al.,

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ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

The Delta Cultural Center is a museum and educational complex that tells the story of a land and its people, capturing what makes the Arkansas Delta region unique. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. A disproportionate number of humanities and science programs are being dropped.

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Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio As the human population continues to expand into what was once wilderness, people increasingly come in contact with wildlife. Living with Javelinas explores how humans and nonhumans can coexist in ways that respect the autonomy and agency of all beings involved.

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Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

’ This article highlights great, everyday examples that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. Places and cultures are proud of what they see as their accomplishments that are foundational to their heritage. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes.’

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It created a human development model for teachers and students called the Compass and is now working to export it to other schools around the country. This type of education uses elements of the local culture and geography to personalize the learning experiences for students.

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Geogramblings

JULY 26, 2024

Zoe Gilbank, the Climate Ambassadors regional hub manager for Yorkshire & Humber, joined Kit Marie for another Climate Ambassadors special episode of the Coffee & Geography podcast. A Lifelong Commitment to Sustainability Born and raised in Leeds, Zoe has always had a deep connection to her hometown.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

“This study demonstrates what many Native Americans, rural Americans, and other Americans living in education deserts already know: As long as broadband access depends on geography, place still plays an important role in access to higher education,” the Urban Institute concluded. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states. Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. The C3 Framework was released in 2013.

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Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

Context & Results: ChatGPT analyzed Ohio’s standards and highlighted key content areas, such as Native American history in the context of colonization, human systems, and geography/conflict. Day 3: How did cultural biases and U.S. Prompt: “Based on Ohio’s standards, what should 8th graders know about American Indians?”

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Living Geography

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The GA and RGS(IBG) were awarded funding for a joint initiative called the Action Plan for Geography (2006-2011) whose Young Peoples Geographies project involved CEO Ian as a participating academic [see the project website archive on the Wayback Machine here ]. Please get in touch via i.j.cook@exeter.ac.uk

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Living Geography

APRIL 4, 2025

Islands have a unique geography; their landscapes and coastlines vary massively some are home to volcanoes; others are barely above sea level. The geography of islands is an interesting one. The Young Geographer competition has been running for over 20 years and every year thousands of children across the world take part.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite its formidable environment, humans have inhabited this region since ancient times. Through intricate interactions and movements, farmers, agropastoralists, and herders have shaped the plateau's economic and cultural landscape. The geography of Tibet and the main sites discussed in the text. 1 Chen, X., Lü, H.,

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Geography Education

MAY 30, 2024

28 ways to have a fantastic holiday without infuriating the locals Tourism is a perfect geographic topic; the allure of exotic places, different cultural activities, and distinct cuisines drives the industry and the human impulse to experience the unknown. The negative stereotypes (loud, drunk, culturally insensitive, etc.)

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

AI + HI (Human Intelligence) = Educational Equity. To achieve educational equity by addressing learner variability, we need to blend AI (artificial intelligence) with HI (human intelligence) through data. Challenge Collaboratives: Next Gen R&D. Attendees will walk away with insight into how to help students care about others.

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

There’s something about race that’s so fundamentally uncomfortable in our culture — especially when it intercepts with conversations about class and privilege.”. Leave this field empty if you're human: “In kindergarten through second grade, teachers are focused on getting kids to read. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 3, 2024

Historical Context and Study Background North Africa, comprising Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria, has long been a cultural melting pot, influenced by migrations from Europe, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. 1 Serradell, J. Lorenzo-Salazar, J. Lao, O., & Comas, D. Genome Biology , 25 (1).

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Diving into a magnified human cell. I do hope that things like the socioeconomic divide and geography divide can potentially be bridged in education because of some of these new technologies like VR,” he says. The culture, feel, nostalgia—all the things that go with being a student.” Studying stars from the surface of the moon.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Moira Lynch (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the department of politics, geography and international studies at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. She teaches courses on international politics, international law, global justice, global climate policy, gender, human rights and civil war.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What subjects people study, what fields they enter, even geography — all matter in determining income, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the center and a co-author of the report. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It Related: Shopping for a major?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Narrow nationalist parties of various sorts are on the rise around the world, and here in the United States religion, ethnicity, geography and politics increasingly define us. Leave this field empty if you're human: Our approach is an institutional one. In Myanmar, the government has defined its Muslim minority as non-citizens.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Researchers say that’s because they feel out of step with campus culture. Megan Hickerson: And I knew the humanities, because the humanities are always under attack these days, right? Just since 2016, the proportion of rural students who enroll in college has dropped even more. Criminal justice. Philosophy.

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Strange Maps

JULY 13, 2023

It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. But the significant degree of variation for most of the characteristics illustrates that the state is far from culturally monolithic. These traits help explain many aspects of human behavior. Rentfrow et al.,

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Living Geography

APRIL 27, 2024

As part of a current writing project I am exploring some of the indigenous knowledge that we may look to introduce into the geography curriculum. The achievement of Lopez’s work has always been ontological before it is political; a “redreaming”, to use his verb, of the possibilities of human life. More to come on this.

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All Things Pedagogical

AUGUST 2, 2024

There is something to be said about how moral injury in academe is a by-product of a lack of cultural and information capital. A "need to know" culture often leads to a need to leave eduspace (I just typoed this as eduscape and that definitely that works as well). More CV padding, more you can figure-it-out-can't-yous.

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All Things Pedagogical

JULY 10, 2024

I mention this because I will be talking about geographies of activism and exclusion in a bit, and it is important to remember geographies help inform who we are and our responses and responsibilities to activism, scholarship, who we acknowledge in our citations, and the work that I do in accessibility awareness and inclusive practices.

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