Climate change is here, but your child likely isn't learning much about it at school
More than half of adults see climate change as a major threat to the country's well-being. But most states don't require kids to learn about it in school.
More than half of adults see climate change as a major threat to the country’s well-being, but most states don’t require children to learn about it in school.
New Jersey, Oregon, Connecticut and California feature climate topics or environmental education in their curriculum, but that isn’t the norm.
Jennifer Jones, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, says the U.S. is failing when it comes to climate literacy in education.
“If we look at the national, they lack training,” she says. “Because it’s not included in state standards, they’re not given the time and space, nor do they feel like they have the political support and administrative support to bring climate change into the classroom.”
