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COURIER L 22 IFE, FEBRUARY 7-13, 2020
Apocalypse 101
Gounardes proposes bill
requiring climate change
education for kids
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes wants the dangers of climate
change taught at all New York public schools.
Photo Courtesy of Andrew Gounardes
BY JESSICA PARKS
State Sen. Andrew
Gounardes introduced
legislation mandating
climate change education
for all New York
State public school students.
“The fact that the biggest
existential threat of
our time is not a standardized
part of our
public school curriculum
is a glaring hole in
our education system,”
Gounardes said. “If we
are to understand the
nature of this complex
threat and address it at
every level, today’s students
must understand
the problem.”
The fi rst-term senator
represents a large
portion of southern
Brooklyn — where many
neighborhoods had mandatory
evacuations and
over 1,000 homes lost
electricity.
If passed, the state
Commissioner of Education
MaryEllen Elia will
be required to develop
a climate change curriculum
to be integrated
into science, social studies,
history and health
classes at elementary
schools and high schools
throughout the state.
A national poll conducted
by National Public
Radio found that 66
percent of the population
supports teaching
students about climate
change and its impact
in school and an even
greater percentage of
teachers — 77 percent —
support the measure.
“For too long, the
public conversation
about climate change
has been distorted by
fossil fuel companies
and politicians with an
interest in maintaining
the status quo,” Gounardes
said. “It is now
imperative for students
to understand the science,
the history, the
politics and health implications
of this global
emergency.”
The bill is sponsored
in the state legislature’s
lower chamber by Assemblywoman
Joanne
Simon, who represents
neighborhoods in northern
Brooklyn.
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