Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education.
Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill, saying they care about climate change deeply.
Some teachers and parents say teaching climate change could help the next generation better confront it, but others want schools to focus on reading, writing, and math after test scores plummeted post-pandemic.
Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education.
Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill, saying they care about climate change deeply.
Some teachers and parents say teaching climate change could help the next generation better confront it, but others want schools to focus on reading, writing, and math after test scores plummeted post-pandemic.
Connecticut has the only U.S. state law requiring climate change instruction, and it’s possibly the first time such a bill has been introduced in Oregon, according to legislative researchers. Lawmakers in California and New York are considering similar bills.
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