Teachers back new MN climate education standards, but topic’s still hot

Kay Nowell is a veteran science teacher in the St. Michael-Albertville public schools. Still, she feels the need to tread lightly when the topic of climate change comes up in her classroom.

Despite the facts, teaching climate change can bring a political backlash from parents and others who doubt the science.

“That’s always in the back of my mind,” she said, “because I want to teach kids, but I don’t want to push that envelope where I’m going to get a parent phone call.”

Minnesota proposes teaching climate change as human-caused

By Cody Nelson November 21, 2018 Minnesota’s draft science education standards include language that would require state students be taught that climate change is a human-caused phenomenon — the first time in Minnesota such guidelines would finger human activity as the driver behind global warming. If approved, the standards would take effect next school year. The department […]

Minnesota schools could soon start teaching climate change as human-caused

By Adam Uren November 23, 2018 It’s part of the draft science education standards proposed by the state. Minnesota school curriculum could soon include science modules that teach climate change as a human-induced phenomenon. The proposed change has been submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education as part of the draft science education standards that is […]