How Much Control Do Teachers Have Over What's Taught?

Climate change science isn’t taught accurately — or equally — across the country. Investigative reporter Katie Worth dug into textbooks and talked with dozens of children and teachers to find out why. In her book, Miseducation: How Climate is Taught in America, Worth unpacks the influence of the fossil fuel industry, state legislatures and school boards on school curricula in their effort to spread confusion and misinformation about the climate crisis. 

Some organizations skip the textbook battle entirely and try to reach children directly through assemblies and social media. How do teachers navigate these dynamics in the classroom? How can we ensure our children are learning to be engaged, educated and climate-aware citizens?

For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts 

Guests:

Katie Worth, investigative journalist, author, Miseducation: How Climate is Taught in America

Lea Dotson, Campaigner, Action for the Climate Emergency

Ann Reid, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education

Ben Graves, former science teacher in Delta County, CO

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