The fellowship is named for Gilbert M. Grosvenor, chairman emeritus of the National Geographic Society, in recognition of his work supporting teachers and promoting geography education.
The gathering of 6th- to 12th-grade teachers was put together by the Hawaii Geographic Alliance in collaboration with The Merwin Conservancy, National Geographic and the state Department of Education.
Tim Walz first learned about geographic information systems, or GIS, as a high school geography teacher in the 1990s ... After attending a National Geographic Summer Institute, Walz introduced ...