Schools in Boston have discarded the widely used but distorted map of the world in a bid to give children a more accurate depiction of the world. Social studies teachers in the public schools in ...

When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, ...

As you explore the Study Abroad website, you may see the map above and wonder why it looks slightly different than maps you are used to seeing. This map is an example of the Gall-Peters Projection, ...

Our world does not look like the map on the wall of the classrooms you grew up in.In order to flatten the spherical globe onto a flat map, cartographers had to make adjustments to the sizes of the ...

Boston Public Schools are ditching the traditional world maps many might remember hanging on their classroom walls for something the schools say is more accurate: the Gall-Peters Projection map. The ...

This post originally appeared on Global Citizen. In the last 500 years, a certain kind of map has been used to teach children about our planet. But public schools in Boston have made a big change — ...

Students attending a Boston public school have another world map, the Peters projection map, next to the one most of us are used to looking at. Boston’s public schools began phasing in the ...

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014, the ...