Geography used to be one of those subjects everyone was expected to know at least a little bit about. Students learned ...

With respect to Rick Hess’ Jan. 27 opinion blog post, “ Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography? ”, I appreciate his support for the importance of learning basic geography. That said, to reduce ...

For much of the 20th century, geography knowledge was treated as a basic part of being informed about the world. Students memorized countries, capitals, oceans, rivers, and mountain ranges not just ...