Percentage of Public School Students from Immigrant Households
This analysis merges Census Bureau data with Google maps to provide a visual representation of immigration’s impact on public schools
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2017 Collins Scotland Road Map
This full-color travel map of Scotland, at 8.7 miles to 1 inch (1:550,000), covers the whole of Scotland and part
Read MoreMapzen’s new bike map
Sometimes finding a bike route can be as hard as biking up a hill. Mapzen’s new bike overlay for Walkabout
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Belief in God in the EU & US
Americans are more religious than Europeans. About 61 percent of U.S. citizens state God is all-powerful, for example. In comparison, the median in some European countries like Sweden and Denmark on this question is just 13% of adults say this. 23% of the American adult population identify as religiously unaffiliated.
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Corporal punishment in schools is legal in 19 US states
During the 2011-212 school year, 163,000 schoolchildren were subject to corporal punishment. Students of color, predominantly African American boys, are
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Atlas of Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria-Hungary was a power that existed in the heart of Europe from 1867 to 1918. The Empire was the 2nd-largest nation in Europe after Russia and the 3d-most populous after the Russian and the German Empire.
Read MoreMajor religious families by counties of the United States
Source: religionatlas.org Related post: – Largest denominations families in the United States (1971 – 2010)
Read MoreLiterature Map of the World
Americas and Europe: Canada – Anne of Green Gables; United States – To Kill a Mocking Bird; Mexico – Pedro
Read MoreOld maps of the New Amsterdam and New Netherland
New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement founded at the strategic southern point of Manhattan Island that functioned as the colonial administration place in New Netherland. The fort protected the Dutch West India Company’s fur trade activity in the Hudson River.
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