Strange Maps

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Country-level corruption is a tough KPI to quantify. So how do organizations like Transparency International and the World Bank do it? Not by comparing the fiscal, economic, and financial data of each country theyd only end up comparing (rotten) apples to (spoiled) oranges. Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption.

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Government Economics Tradition Research 134

ED Surge

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Several times a week, teachers at Tiny Images, an early learning program in Fairmont, Nebraska, load up babies and toddlers into four- and six-seater carts and take the children on buggy rides through the building. They stop first to visit residents in the assisted living wing before continuing on to those in the nursing home. Just walking down the hall and seeing kids faces light up or residents faces light up it makes your whole day, says Kaci Brandt, director of Tiny Images, which is locate

Advocacy 110

Advocacy Public School Research Educational Technology 110

Living Geography

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The DfE has published the results of a survey of Climate Literacy amongst school leavers. Syliva Knight of the Royal Meteorological Society has responded on her LinkedIn account. She was one of the authors of the report: The DfE have just published the results of the 2023/ 2024 Climate Literacy Survey of school leavers (year 11 students), which builds on the initial survey we developed in 2022.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Education 52

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CFP: Connections and Divisions: Landscape Features of the Ancient World kskordal Tue, 12/17/2024 - 08:11 Image Connections and Divisions: Landscape Features of the Ancient World The Classics Department at the CUNY Graduate Center invites scholars to submit proposals for papers that explore the complex interplay between geography and society in the ancient world.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures Humanities 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past year, Teaching American Historys webinars have been about the presidential election. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle. We spent this fall diving into the rhetorical traditions of American politics. We dont know about you guys, but we need a break from politics! So lets take a step back and look back at an entirely different aspect of US history.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Three learners in the League of Innovative Students share reflections and learnings from their research to understand causes of education-related challenges in their communities.

Research 131

Research Education 131

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Citizens & Scholars Youth Civic Solutions Competition winners shared their innovative ideas for civic engagement at the 2024 National Conference on Citizenship.

Civics 97

Civics Civic Engagement 97

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CFP: NYU Graduate Collective for Ancient Studies Undergraduate Conference 2025 kskordal Tue, 12/17/2024 - 08:14 Image The NYU Graduate Collective for Ancient Studies (GCAS), formerly the Society for Ancient Studies, is a cross-departmental graduate student group at New York University seeking to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars with interests in the ancient world.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Anthropology History Research 52

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 17, 2024

At a site known as Charterhouse Warren in Somerset, England, archaeologists have uncovered a haunting scene from Britain’s Early Bronze Age. The remains of at least 37 individuals—men, women, and children—were found deep within a 15-meter shaft, their bones telling a story of violent death, butchery, and likely cannibalism. This new analysis, published in the journal Antiquity 1 , sheds unsettling light on the darker side of prehistoric human behavior.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Humanities Anthropology History 98

ASHP CML

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its a season of change: a new year and a new presidential administration; changes in political power throughout the world; climate change; technological changes, and more. The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources History Education History Research 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Not only are there growing concerns about the supply of apprenticeships meeting demand; theres a shortage of another important workforce training tool internships. There were an estimated 5.7 million fewer high-quality internships last year than learners who wanted to intern, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum, or BHEF. Employers last year provided 2.5 million high-quality internships, compared to 8.2 million people who wanted one, the BHEF found.

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Education Economics High School 91

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Welcome to this mini-series giving teaching ideas for Carbon Brief’s Extreme Weather Attribution Interactive Map. A little while ago I made a #GeogramblingsReacts video on the map’s release. If you haven’t heard of Carbon Brief or their extreme event attribution interactive map before, then best give the short video below a watch before you go on.

Humanities 98

Humanities Teaching Research Education 98

Living Geography

DECEMBER 17, 2024

According to this BBC report a report from the Environment Agency suggests that as many as one in four properties could be at risk of flooding by 2050. This is not necessarily increased because of more river and coastal flooding, but due to an increased risk of surface water flooding: due to more extreme rainfall events and changing urban infrastructure (as well as new homes being built on floodplains.

Research 52

Research 52

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Lessons From Dragons: Teaching Political Science With HBOs House of the Dragon By Zach Lang , University of Missouri and Ronnie Olesker , St. Lawrence University This paper analyzes the first season of House of the Dragon (HOTD) with two goals in mind. First, we demonstrate how pop culture is impacted by real-world politics by examining the change in gender and racial representation in HOTD as compared to Game of Thrones (GOT).

Political Science 44

Political Science Teaching Cultures Education 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Joey Cook was 17 and a junior in high school when he heard about a way to learn a profession while getting paid: by landing an apprenticeship, a path into the workforce that everyone was suddenly talking about as an alternative to college. I didnt want to go get an associate degree. I didnt want to get a bachelors degree, said Cook. He wanted to get a certification in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, an in-demand field in his rural western Texas hometown of Hamlin.

High School 101

High School Government Economics Advocacy 101