Extreme heat, smoke, floods, and storms are disrupting education across the country.
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Climate change is increasingly disrupting kids’ education. When extreme weather hits, schools often close for kids’ safety.
Hurricanes, floods, storms, snow, freezing cold, and wildfire smoke can all prompt schools to shut their doors or send kids home early.
And many schools, especially in northern areas, lack air conditioning and have had to close during extreme heat waves.
Dangerous heat, smoky air, and heavy rain cause canceled practices and competitions.
Modelling finds 12 days learning a year could be lost due to extreme temperatures
School leaders call for action on adaptation measures as DfE research warns of potential impact of climate crisis
Schools shift to online teaching during heat waves or pollution. Poor children suffer, as they cannot access instruction
Forced to stay home or switch jobs, working mothers are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as classes go online for weeks or…
Extreme heat has increased in frequency, intensity and duration, according to University researchers.
