A Golden Opportunity for Geography or How Can We Harness the Growth in AP Human Geography?
I am from a generation when high school classes (at least in my urban public school) were not terribly challenging. This was through no fault of the teachers, who had to contend with a broad range of students and overcrowded classrooms, but it meant that many of us coasted through high school, only to be…
AAG Organizes Committee to Develop AP® GIS&T Course Proposal
Members of the AP® GIS&T Writing Committee meet at the AAG’s Meridian Place Office in Washington, Pictured clockwise from left: Dorothy Cassetta, Alex Northrup, Jolene Keen, Ola Ahlqvist, Michael Solem, Jacquie Housel, Adriana Martinez, Niem Tu Huynh, and Rich Schultz (via Go2Meeting). Not pictured: Candice Luebbering. The AAG recently hosted a meeting at its Washington,…
The Bully Pulpit
I begin my first column by thanking you for electing me president of the AAG, a decision I hope you do not regret. I am simultaneously very excited and nervous about this opportunity but I know that I have excellent support from my in-house colleague, Bob Bednarz, from Doug Richardson and a terrific staff at…
College Board Seeks Readers for Its Advanced Placement Program
The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program is recruiting high school teachers and college faculty to serve as readers for AP Human Geography at the June 2015 on-site reading event. Readers will evaluate and score AP students' test responses ensuring that high school students receive AP grades that accurately reflect college-level achievement in a specified discipline. AP Reader…