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Poll Shows That Teachers Want To Teach Climate Change, But Most Don't

Young people and their supporters gather in Hartford to protest climate change and ask for the Green New Deal.
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A large majority of teachers say that climate change should be taught in schools, But the same poll that found that most teachers don't teach climate change to their students. 

ϳԹ is one of 19 states that uses the Next Generation Science Standards, which includes climate change as a core topic beginning in middle school. But this survey showed that more than 80 percent of teachers around the country think their states should follow suit.

The poll surveyed more than 500 teachers from across the country. While most of the teachers polled agreed that climate change is happening, 8 percent said they don't believe in it. Another 4 percent said their school doesn't allow teaching climate change.

Students were also more likely to bring up climate change in class if they were being taught about it in school. About twice as many teachers said that human beings were the primary cause of global warming, compared to those who said it was mostly natural.

State lawmakers proposed a bill this year to , and there was also a bill that . Neither of those bills have been considered for a vote.

David finds and tells stories about education and learning for WNPR radio and its website. He also teaches journalism and media literacy to high school students, and he starts the year with the lesson: “Conflicts of interest: Real or perceived? Both matter.” He thinks he has a sense of humor, and he also finds writing in the third person awkward, but he does it anyway.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de ϳԹ, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.

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