In this state, children may need schools to teach children about climate change.

In this state, children may need schools to teach children about climate change.

Hartford, Conn. - A legislative proposal in Connecticut will give instructions on climate change in statewide public schools starting in elementary schools.

Connecticut has already adopted the standards of science that are called for the education of climate change, but if the bill passes, then it is believed that it will be the first country in the country to write such a requirement in law.


State rapist Christine Palm said that a Chester Democrat proposed the bill. "I think it must be compulsory and I think it must be done so that there is no excuse for children to grow ignorance at stake."

Some teachers have questioned whether it is necessary for the light of the adoption of next-generation science standards in Connecticut in 2015, which includes climate change as the main aspect of science education starting in middle school.

Frank Rabinowitz, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public Schools Superintendent, said, "I believe if the state has adopted the standards, then you are teaching those standards, you will evaluate those standards." "If you are a district in Connecticut, your course is already addressing it."

A similar proposal was presented in the last legislative session but eventually failed to win approval.

A total of 19 states and Columbia districts have so far adopted the Next Generation Science Standards, which tells what a state would expect from students. Generally, the state leaves the special course and directs the districts.


According to the National Center for Science Education, the instructions regarding climate change in the bill will be enforced inevitably. In many other states, legislation has been proposed in recent years to give the teachers the need to present or allow for a widely accepted approach to topics such as climate change.

Palm, which represents the cities adjacent to the Connecticut River in southeast Connecticut, said that due to the urgency of the threat created by global warming, climate change has a significant place in children's education.

"I would not like to see poetry, it's never going to happen," she said. "It's not life or death."