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?”
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Map Monday, In-State Costs for 4-Year Colleges
As astute readers of this blog may have noticed, I try to theme my blogs to the time of year. October blogs focus on candy or costumes. November hits Thanksgiving and spring, well that’s been a bit hit or miss. I’ve blogged on flowers, thaws, taxes, and on two occasions,… Read more“Map Monday, In-State Costs for 4-Year Colleges”
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”