School Disruptions from the LA Fires Hit Latino, Disadvantaged and English-Language Learners Hardest, Experts Find
California fires’ disparate impacts on students offer lessons for how schools should prepare for climate disasters across the nation.
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.
Students Feel The Heat: Elevating The Connection Between The Changing Climate And Student Success
Former U. S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist reports on the impact of extreme heat on learning, play, and mental health—and what leaders can do about it.
Hurricanes and wildfires are closing schools. How can students get back on track?
As extreme weather events like Hurricane Helene devastate communities, the impacts on student education are far reaching.
109 degrees on the first day of school? Extreme heat is delaying when some students go back
Climate change is heating up the back-to-school season. Some districts hope that pushing back the first day could reduce heat-related cancellations and risks to student health.
Editorial: Too many kids are going back to school this month without functioning A/C
Some California students are returning to classrooms this month with inadequate cooling — or no air conditioning at all. In Long Beach Unified, the state’s fourth-largest school district, thousands of students will be returning this month to 556 classrooms at 13 schools that don’t have air conditioning.
Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development
As climate change intensifies extreme heat around the globe, policymakers must take steps to develop heat standards for children and support infrastructure improvements to ensure schools, child care centers, and communities are safe and healthy places for children.
Schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions.
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
It’s Not Just Snow Days: How Can Districts Work Extreme Weather Into Their Calendars?
“This is a threat multiplier for educational inequity,” Klein said. “It’s a serious issue that directly impacts kids’ learning opportunities.”
Sacramento City Unified commits to carbon neutrality by 2045
“There’s urgency behind the transition: State officials have noted the increasing climate impacts on California schools and the need to adapt buildings to weather these changes.”
This Is Your Kid’s Brain on Extreme Heat
It’s too hot for school, as stifling classrooms cause some teachers to switch to remote learning—or cancel lessons altogether. And the heat will only get worse.
School week ends with more heat in the classroom
Sara Ross speaks with NBC Boston about extreme heat in local schools as officials tried to assure the community that in the few schools that were not able to be outfitted with air conditioning, they provided fans and water.
As schools reopen in a heat wave, a warning of the climate future
Many schools in Massachusetts need HVAC upgrades to not only heat their buildings in winter, but keep things cool as temperatures increase.
What Educators Need to Know About Schools and Hot Weather
We’re having these breaks and disruptions in our in-person learning, and those disruptions are inequitably felt. Communities that have been redlined, underinvested in over decades are the ones where the school buildings are more out of date.”
Polluted Skies and High Heat Expose School Facility Issues, Threaten Students’ Health
“The wildfire smoke, the heat, the drought, flooding—all the impacts of climate change are here,” said Jonathan Klein, co-founder of Undaunted, a national nonprofit that advocates for solutions to fight climate change. “Schools are where students spend more of their waking hours than anywhere else. We need to make sure they’re resilient and prepared for extreme weather events.”
How to climate-proof schools: Revamping schools to withstand what’s coming
Closing schools is a common, but unsustainable, response to heat waves, wildfires and other extreme climate events.
“Kids are losing out on learning time,” said Jonathan Klein
A new UNICEF report says that children are experiencing frequent heat waves around the world
Manola Secaira talked to our co-founder Jonathan Klein, Dr. Lisa Patel from Stanford, and Sharon Danks from Green Schoolyards America about the increasing threat of extreme heat and its consequences for children’s health and learning.
The School Year Is Getting Hotter. How Does Heat Affect Student Learning and Well-Being?
‘Schools are not prepared for the extreme heat, and we need to change that now,’ said Jonathan Klein. ‘It’s also an equity issue, he said: ‘Our most vulnerable students are the most vulnerable to extreme heat.’