Geography being left behind?

Tuesday April 24th 2007
Filed Under Education 

With the teaching of geography being left up to the discretion of local teachers, it is becoming more and more a side topic in many schools, taught mixed in with other subjects.  As a result, students are often uneducated in aspects of geography with a recent National Geographic Survey showing that even college students are unable to locate well known points of interest on a map.  Help may soon arrive via the Senate:

Sens. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., recently introduced in Congress the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act. If passed, the bill would authorize competitive grants through the Department of Education to improve K-12 geography curriculum, teacher training and instructional materials.

Read more:

Daytona Beach News Journal: Geography Lost: The Why of Where 

The Rutland Herald: What in the world happened to geography?



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