America is in peril, and there is reason to fear for the future. The peril stems from our fundamental and profound ignorance about the rest of the world. A May 2016 global literacy survey of college students conducted by National Geographic and the Council on Foreign Relations showed significant gaps between what young people understand about…

The recent National Assessment of Educational Progress in Geography revealed that few American students can identify locations of current events, the scale of those events, or why those events are important. Social studies educators have found that by incorporating emerging technologies into their classroom--such as Geographic Information Systems…

Laments journalism students' lack of general world knowledge and describes an abbreviated general knowledge curriculum implemented in a newswriting course. (HTH)