schools – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:01:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg schools – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Some Gun Maps https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/02/some-gun-maps/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:01:13 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785024 More]]>

Reddit user academiaadvice maps the rate of gun homicides per 100,000 residents by state from 2007 to 2016 (above).

From 2015: Business Insider’s map showing, by state, the rate of gun ownership. Note that the two maps do not precisely correlate. [both via Boing Boing]

The Washington Post has maps of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida—where last week’s shooting took place—and its surrounding area.

]]> 1785024 School District Maps and Segregation https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/01/school-district-maps-and-segregation/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:38:46 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1784864 More]]> Gerrymandering isn’t just about congressional districts. Earlier this month, Vox’s Alvin Chang explored how school district borders are drawn—and whether they simply reflect existing neighbourhood racial segregation, exacerbate it, or reduce it. Because they can do any one of these things. [Dave Smith]

]]> 1784864 RSGS Playground Map Project https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/02/rsgs-playground-map-project/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:49:06 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=3841 The Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s Playground Map Project has been around since 2011; its aim is to provide a painted six-by-eight-metre world map to every school in Scotland that has playground space for one. [NLS Maps]

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