Rick: Ashley, do students need to learn “mere facts”? Twenty years ago, in a 2006 TIME Magazine cover story on “How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20 th Century,” the then-dean of Stanford University ...

Is your child intrigued by maps? If they are, then they’re probably enjoying their social studies or history class quite a bit. If you’d like to pique their interest further, supplement their skills ...

Geography is an important tool to help learners grasp nuance and context—essential components for deeper understanding no matter which subject educators are teaching. To know Tim Needles is to know an ...

I still think we need more education in geography in this country. So many people can't identify obscure, and sometimes not obscure, countries, let alone show you where they are located on a globe. So ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Learning Geography: Countries of the World Learn or test your knowledge of 176 countries across the world. There are two separate game modes: an easier mode ...

Geography is a way of thinking, of asking questions, and of observing and appreciating the world around us. It gives us tools we need to move about in the world, to make wise decisions about our ...