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DESCRIPTION:Surveys show that teachers\, students and the American public a
 t large all agree that climate change should be taught in schools. Yet onl
 y a minority of teachers include climate change in their coursework\, and 
 those who do are often unsupported by the curricula\, standards and polici
 es that guide their instruction.\n\nIn this event\, specialists in K-12 cl
 imate education will discuss the benefits of climate education in a variet
 y of courses at the high school level and earlier\, and the challenges tea
 chers face in finding or creating appropriate climate coursework and bring
 ing it to their classrooms. They will introduce resources for teaching cli
 mate\, best practices from schools and educational institutions around the
  U.S.\, and new ideas to support teachers at every level\, and take audien
 ce questions.\n\nThis event is part of the People\, Prosperity and the Pla
 net lecture series produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.
 \n\nSpeakers:\n\nMargaret Wang\, Chief Operating Officer\, Subject To Clim
 ate. Subject To Climate is on a mission to make climate change teaching an
 d learning accessible to all\, by connecting educators to resources and co
 llaborating with local stakeholders to meet their climate education needs.
  Prior to joining Subject To Climate\, Wang studied and worked at Harvard 
 Graduate School of Education\, conducting research in education policy as 
 well as sustainability education\, and has been an economics and social st
 udies teacher and a product manager in an edtech company.\n\nDr. Lauren Ma
 dden\, The College of New Jersey. Dr. Madden is a professor of Elementary 
 Science Education at The College of New Jersey\, where she coordinates the
  Environmental Sustainability Education minor and graduate certificate pro
 grams. She is also the state's leader in elementary climate change educati
 on. Dr. Madden has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles an
 d book chapters\, and the Report on K-12 Climate Change Education Needs in
  New Jersey. Since the launch of the 2020 Climate Change Standards in New 
 Jersey\, her expertise has been noted in media sources including the Star 
 Ledger\, The Washington Post\, and The Guardian.\n\nAlice Fan\, Schools Co
 ordinator\, Spring Forward. Spring Forward is a high school student-led or
 ganization whose goal is to ensure all students understand the basic scien
 ce\, history\, and far-reaching consequences of climate change\, and give 
 them the tools and resources to make the right choices in their daily life
 . Fan\, a Spring Forward co-founder\, is a senior at Phillips Academy Ando
 ver in Andover\, Massachusetts\, and has been a student climate advocate i
 n a variety of organizations and campaigns.\n\nSylvia Scharf\, Climate Edu
 cation Specialist\, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (moderator). Sc
 harf's work focuses on teacher use of the Environmental Solutions Initiati
 ves’s public-facing climate change materials\, especially the podcast TI
 Lclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) and the MIT Climate Portal. Before joi
 ning ESI\, Sylvia was at New England Aquarium\, where she honed her climat
 e change communication skills with teachers\, teens\, staff\, and the gene
 ral public.
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SUMMARY:Climate and the Classroom: Unlocking the Potential of K-12 Educatio
 n for Climate Action
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 cking_the_potential_of_k-12_education_for_climate_action
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