Oct 31 - Nov 3 2024
Dr. Zadrozny and Stacie Aguirre coordinated the “Geography Strand” at the Texas Council for the Social Studies (TxCSS) Conference, Round Rock, Texas. The Grosvenor Center also had a booth in the exhibit hall.
OCT 2024
The AGX/SWAAG Conference was held at TXST October 6 - 8, 2024. View photos below from the event.
Drs. Boehm and Zadrozny are interviewed by the TXST Newsroom on a feature about Powerful Geography, titled “TXST leads initiative for improving geography curriculums across the United States”.
Jul 30 2024
The Grosvenor Center hosted the 3rd Leadership Academy. This Leadership Academy brought students from the online PhD program for a full day of discussion about Powerful Geography and ways to expand its reach led by PhD students Skylar Slaughter & Bren Vander Weil.
Jun 24-25 2024
Dr. Zadrozny presented at ESC Region One's Summer Institute for Project L3. They received the American History and Civics National Activities Grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. TAGE is a partner on this grant.
MAY 2024
The third recipient of the Val Wilkie Jr. Award or Excellence in Teaching Geography award was Nathan DuPont, a world geography teacher at the Advanced Learning Academy in San Antonio, TX.
Apr 2024
Powerful Geography: International Perspectives and Applications is published. This book presents the evolution of Powerful Geography to teaching and learning in the United States and how the approach can be adapted and implemented in other countries.
Feb 17 2024
We collaborated with LLILAS at UT Austin on Powerful Geography to develop a teaching unit focused on coffee production in Latin America. The unit includes four lessons focused on the following topics: physical geography, economics, culture, and sustainability.