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As regular readers probably noticed, GeoCurrents<\/em> abruptly ceased posting at the end of July, 2025, just after having promised a new series on the Druze. Family considerations figured prominently in this cessation. A few months earlier, my son and daughter-in-law announced that they would be opening a bookstore in Bozeman<\/a>, Montana, where they have lived for the past five years. My wife and I were initially skeptical about this decision, as new bookstores seldom succeed. But they convincingly argued that they could improve their chance of success by pursuing a niche strategy, focusing on classic literature, especially for children, and home-schooling curricular materials. At roughly the same time, they also told us that they would be teaching their own children at home.<\/p>\n

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I was also skeptical about this home-schooling plan, as it seemed like a monumental undertaking. But I soon concluded that if my grandchildren are to be educated at home, I had better become involved in the process. And the more I thought about it, the more intriguing the prospect became. After a few months of learning and deliberation, I decided to embrace the home-schooling movement as a potential way to revitalize geography. I have been distraught for decades by the woeful condition of geographical education in the United States, and over the past few years I have essentially lost hope in the possibility of improvement. But as I have recently discovered, many home-schooling parents are keenly interested in the subject and are eager for guidance.<\/p>\n

To make a long story short, I am currently giving a series of elementary geography lessons to parents and their children at Royal Road Bookstore in Bozeman, Montana. I will also be writing GeoCurrents<\/em> posts about these lessons and recording YouTube<\/em> videos on the same topics through the rest of 2025. Ultimately, I hope to write and self-publish an inexpensive geography textbook aimed at the home-schooling market.<\/p>\n

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In the winter and spring of 2026, I will again be teaching in Stanford University\u2019s Continuing Studies Program (adult education). My winter class will be on \u201cdividing the world,\u201d and I will no doubt be writing some GeoCurrents<\/em> posts on the topic. After spending my career teaching geography to students between 18 and 22 years of age, I now find myself mostly teaching students between 6 and 8 years of age \u2013 and between 60 and 80. In many ways I find this a more satisfying experience. No one in my classes these days is looking at a phone and plugging into social media, just as no one is more concerned about their grade than about learning the subject matter.<\/p>\n

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