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‘Their voices can’t be ignored any longer’: MPs to debate student’s Climate Education Bill

‘Their voices can’t be ignored any longer’: MPs to debate student’s Climate Education Bill

Sarah Wilson, The Big Issue

January 26, 2022

A new survey reveals two-thirds of teachers believe climate change is not taught adequately in schools – as the student-written Climate Education Bill heads for its second reading in parliament.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education ‘not meaningful’

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education ‘not meaningful’

Bradford Telegraph and Argus

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons. Research drawing on responses from over 4,000 teachers found 67% reported that their school and subject area did not teach issues relating to climate change in a way that was “meaningful and relevant”.

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Schools risk teaching about 'world that won't exist'

Schools risk teaching about 'world that won't exist'

Tes Reporter, Tes Magazine

January 26, 2022

Most teachers say that climate change is not 'meaningfully' embedded in the curriculum, as a student-led bill on climate change gets second reading in Commons.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education ‘not meaningful’

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education ‘not meaningful’

The Press & Journal, Evening Express

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education `not meaningful´

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education `not meaningful´

Daily Mail, Mail Online

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate education 'not meaningful'

Two thirds of teachers think climate education 'not meaningful'

Express and Star

January 26, 2022

The first student-led Bill on climate education is to have its second reading in the Commons on Friday

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

Daily Echo

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

MSN

January 26, 2022

Students, teachers and MPs explain why they believe the second reading of the Climate Education Bill is essential to the future of improving the teaching of environmental awareness in schools.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

The York Press

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.

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Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

Two thirds of teachers think climate change education 'not meaningful'

East Lothian Courier

January 26, 2022

Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.

Past Press

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"6 ways to bring climate change to the curriculum"

"6 ways to bring climate change to the curriculum"

TES

February 25, 2020

The climate change protests that swept the world last year, kickstarted by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, generated huge amounts of coverage and showed that this generation is deeply aware of the ongoing climate crisis.

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Scarlett and Joe go live on BBC Breakfast

Scarlett and Joe go live on BBC Breakfast

BBC Breakfast

February 25, 2020

Joe and Scarlett interviewed on BBC Breakfast ahead of our Parliamentary Reception

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"To prepare climate strikers for the future, we need to rewrite the history books"

"To prepare climate strikers for the future, we need to rewrite the history books"

The Conversation

February 25, 2020

If radical action to reduce emissions isn’t taken in the next decade or so, many of today’s schoolchildren could live in a world that’s 3℃ or 4℃ hotter by the time they enter their later years. Their working lives would be defined by routine weather extremes, widespread crop failures and catastrophic sea level rise.

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"Climate change: Schools failing us, say pupils"

"Climate change: Schools failing us, say pupils"

BBC News

February 24, 2020

"It's educated people who are causing the most damage to the planet," says sixth-former Joe Brindle. Joe, 17, says schools need to put the environment at the heart of education. Ministers agree "it is vital that pupils are taught about climate change" but Joe says schools are failing to prepare them for a climate emergency.

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"SCHOOLBOY eco warrior Joe Brindle is taking his battle against climate change from Devizes to Westminster."

"SCHOOLBOY eco warrior Joe Brindle is taking his battle against climate change from Devizes to Westminster."

This is Wiltshire

February 18, 2020

Joe, 17, who is a sixth former at Devizes School is the leader of the school’s climate change group and is a campaigner for the UK Student Climate Network.

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"Pupils draft their own climate bill as anxiety grows over lack of guidance for schools."

"Pupils draft their own climate bill as anxiety grows over lack of guidance for schools."

The Guardian

February 12, 2020

Like many young people, Joe Brindle, 17, is scared for the future because of the climate crisis. He is, he says, “angry about the injustice that is allowing the most vulnerable people in the world to suffer from the actions of the richest and most powerful”

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UK students demand change to education policy

UK students demand change to education policy

The Ecologist:

February 5, 2020

Climate change should be taught in schools. That is the opinion of three quarters of respondents to a recent YouGov poll. This data certainly suggests that a majority of the UK population now considers the issue of climate change significant enough to warrant inclusion in the body of prized knowledge that constitutes the National Curriculum.