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Connecting the Dots: The Environment’s Impact on Student Success is a policy memo from Tennessee SCORE that explores how environmental challenges such as extreme weather and climate change affect student well-being and academic outcomes. The memo highlights the critical role of schools in addressing these issues through infrastructure improvements, nature-based learning, and climate education. 

SubjectToClimate, in partnership with other North Shore environmental organizations have launched a statewide Illinois Climate Education Hub, offering free, scientifically vetted lesson plans and resources to support teachers in implementing the newly passed HB 4895 climate education requirement. 

 This article reports that educators are urgently reworking lesson plans and scrambling for climate‑data resources after the federal government dismantled key climate websites such as climate.gov. 

Educators, policymakers, and climate leaders gathered at the American Museum of Natural History during Climate Week NYC to spotlight innovative classroom strategies for teaching climate change. Keynote speaker Dr. Katharine Hayhoe emphasized hopeful, solutions-focused conversations, while teachers and students shared powerful examples of climate education in action.

Knowledge is power - That’s the underlying motivation of Jim Clifford, a former teacher who’s aiming to connect the science of climate change to Connecticut students through the Connecticut Climate Hub, which provides free and extensive resources for teachers in Connecticut looking to begin (or enhance) lesson plans on climate change.

Students are heading back to school, and in addition to all of the usual challenges of the school year, some children are carrying an extra weight: climate anxiety. In this podcast episode, guest speakers will answer the question of: How can schools, parents and teachers better help young people navigate the ideas and feelings around a warming planet?  

Illinois Climate Education Hub Launch – a platform that will help teachers implement the required learning next year, but some teachers are already getting a head start.