The public image of an academic subject is often reflected in the Internet “briefs” regularly consulted by decisionmakers. I often scan news from Education Week, ASCD, the National Council for the ...

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The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are creative ways to teach geography? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me. You can also send questions ...

If you want to help children understand the world around them, there is no better subject to teach than geography. Sharing the beauty and science of our natural landscapes and fascinating details ...

Johnson and Prescott, former and current National Geographic Society Action Coordinators for Texas, respectively, use their talents to spread the word about inspiring students through innovative ...

NORTH ANDOVER (CBS) – In North Andover, a teacher has made geography the focus of one of the most fun nights of the school year. North Andover middle school geography teacher Robert Poirier believes ...

Did your teacher ever pull out a map or globe and teach you about the countries of the world? For many American students, the answer is no. As a result, fewer and fewer students have a general ...

The rules for playing Mystery Skype are simple: Students can only ask "yes" or "no" questions, and whichever class guesses the other's location first wins. At Glasgow Middle School in Alexandria, Va., ...

Ten years ago at a convention in Baltimore, Lydia Lewis, who teaches U.S. history to fifth graders at a private school in Washington, met what she described as a bright, college-educated young woman ...

The Department supports several graduate teaching assistantships. Continuing students wishing to obtain a graduate teaching assistantship should indicate their interest to their faculty advisor by ...