What drives the calendar for public schools? Growing up in the northern Virginia suburbs, we started the day after Labor Day and ended during the first week of June. Thirty years later in upstate NY, my children started around the same time but didn’t finish until nearly the end of… Read more“Map Monday, How are Public School Calendars Set?”
Tag: Map Monday
Map Monday, Largest Land Animal in Each US State
What’s the largest land animal in each US state? Before answering this question, let’s disqualify non-native species kept as pets or in zoos. That eliminates elephants, hippos, rhinos, giraffes and the like. Additionally, this list focuses solely on animals still living in the state. So there are no dinosaurs, woolly… Read more“Map Monday, Largest Land Animal in Each US State”
Map Monday, Valentine’s Day by US State
Valentine’s Day presents challenges to many couples. I addressed the history of Valentine’s Day in a previous post. The map in that post featured popular gift related internet searches unique to each US state. I didn’t spend much time covering the idiosyncracies of the map, which in hindsight was missed… Read more“Map Monday, Valentine’s Day by US State”