KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Dr. Adam Mathews, an accomplished geography professor and researcher at Western Michigan University, is now also a children’s book author. "ABCs of Geography" by Chris Ferrie and Adam ...

For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much closer to home ...

At a tournament in DC, students compete to identify states from their shapes on a blank US map. They're having fun while acquiring factual knowledge that enables them to think critically. The ...