Harvard Education Letter Features Story on Environmental Education (Update)

The Harvard Education Letter recently included a piece on environmental education that has some North Carolina connections. The article, by Raleigh-based freelance journalist Lucy Hood, discusses and dispels many of the misconceptions about EE by going straight to the source--nationally recognized EE experts and teachers that use EE in the field to enhance student learning across the curriculum. The article includes interviews with science teachers from Southwest Guilford High School in High Point, N.C. and details how they use EE concepts and methods to enhance learning in all of the sciences. N.C. Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs staff members Sarah Yelton and Marty Wiggins contributed to the article.

The Greening of Environmental Ed:
Teachers focus on complexity, evidence, and
letting students draw their own conclusions

Update! U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (MD), author of the No Child Left Inside Act, recently posted a response to this article in the Harvard Education Letters 'Voices of Education" blog:

Let's Leave No Child Inside