Living Geography
MARCH 16, 2025
If you have a Lottery ticket or Scratchcard, you still have another week of chances to visit a number of locations around the country free of charge (or have some other sort of deal depending on location). Just check the website here. I took the opportunity to go to Anglesey Abbey at the weekend. One of the options is to book onto a free tour of the Royal Geographical Society.
Women's History Network
MARCH 16, 2025
This talk on 22 March 2025 at Chichester Cinema celebrates Womens History month by examining films enduring fascination with Tudor women, from The Execution of Mary Stewart (1895) to Firebrand (2023). Audiences have continually relished the politics, tragedy and intrigue of lavishly costumed, queens and princesses disrupting and destabilising the Tudor court.
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Living Geography
MARCH 16, 2025
What's the most creative idea you've ever had while teaching geography? If you feel able to share it (with full credit given) for a presentation I'm putting together for an event at UCL in July please get in touch. There's a slide from my presentation below. It will feature some of my more creative ideas of the many I've had, and shared in numerous books. they date back to the early 2000s when the world was a different place and before people used TES Resources and Twinkl.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 16, 2025
This spring, the number of high school graduates in the United States is expected to hit its peak. Starting in the fall, enrollment will likely enter a period of decline that could last a decade or more. This looming demographic cliff has been on the minds of education leaders for nearly two decades, dating back to the start of the Great Recession. A raft of college closures over the past five years, exacerbated by the pandemic, has for many observers been the canary in the coal mine.
Living Geography
MARCH 16, 2025
A powerful and simple representation of the impact of diversity loss on people. IFAD is the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 16, 2025
" Morale isn't just a feeling; it's the engine of collective effort. A high-spirited team can achieve the improbable, while a disheartened one struggles with the routine." The struggle is real, my friends, and when it comes to morale, it is up to us to work to ensure this remains positive. Recently, on my podcast Unpacking the Backpack , I discussed this topic in detail after revisiting a blog post I wrote in 2022.
Cult of Pedagogy
MARCH 16, 2025
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and EVERFI “The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” I want to use this quote, which has been attributed both to Richard Moss and Sir John Templeton, as a starting point for this post. Attention has become one of our scarcest resources, and when I think about all of the relationships we have in our lives from the person we buy our coffee from, to our neighbors and coworkers, to the peopl
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 16, 2025
This week I dug into how the Trump administrations anti-climate blitz is hampering schools and colleges ability to green their operations, plus a new report on the California wildfires impact on students. Thank you for reading, and reply to this email to be in touch. Caroline Preston LeeAnn Kittle helps oversee the Denver public school districts work to reduce carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2050.
Moler's Musing
MARCH 16, 2025
I wonder if I can do this another 20 years. Middle. School. Social. Studies. Teacher. My goodness. I often wonder if I’m doing things in the best way… Am I challenging students enough? Am I meeting everyone’s needs? Do my policies fall in line with school-wide policies? Is it a bad practice that I accept work anytime without a late penalty?
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