Students impacted by L.A. fires mostly from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds
The January wildfires that burned through tens of thousands of acres in Los Angeles may be gone — but the impacts on students in the region are far from extinguished.
From Los Angeles's Climate Crisis, A Blueprint for California's Schools
When Los Angeles teachers welcomed students back to school in January, they couldn't have imagined what lay ahead. Within days, climate-fueled wildfires would tear through Altadena, Pasadena, and the Palisades, destroying or damaging twelve schools and disrupting education for more than 600,000 students.
Coalition urges California to invest $150 billion in climate-resilient, healthy schools
“A coalition of health, city planning and education nonprofits issued a report Thursday urging California leaders to invest $150 billion over a decade to build and renovate schools to mitigate to the increasingly hazardous effects of climate change on children’s health and well-being.”