Gerrymandering in America
Fantastic article in The Atlantic this week on opportunistic Congressional redistricting, i.e. “gerrymandering” — “the most insidious practice in American politics…”
Fantastic article in The Atlantic this week on opportunistic Congressional redistricting, i.e. “gerrymandering” — “the most insidious practice in American politics…”
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Playing catch-up so there’s lots to share today…
The Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) – a consortium of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the American Geographical Society (AGS), the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), the National Geographic Society (NGS) – has released Geography for Life: National Geography Standards, Second Edition, an update of the 1994 publication. The intention of the second edition is to ensure that the National Geography Standards continue to capture the most important and enduring ideas in geography and that the standards remain challenging to students. . . The second edition is organized to emphasize the importance of “Doing Geography.” The revised edition features restructured content and a new format. Revised content captures the growth and importance of geospatial technologies and spatial thinking in geography over the last 18 years. Each standard is presented through four components: an introductory essay; knowledge statements; performance statements and examples. Knowledge statements and performance statements are broken down by grade band (grades 4, 8 and 12).
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