- Many States Omit Climate Education. These Teachers Are Trying to Slip It In: Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/climate/middle-school-education-climate-change.html?smid=share-url&unlocked_article_code=fT5iDeIV5Vo63Zu-cEf1vi9MvfNTl17nw2o07lq4BtZF8e6gHiax3upHCOZOqqBj8Cv_eSt36NmXmMBIrBioj0aODnPaBLW3zj5LVpruiq5sfXwMZPfTi1HC8pmkXF6DtzJaPN9tqrX4fcwhCKRfet4axmsPaFBhf6CPEvG61suWzdj0QoBz6UspEnRSm9-cEhHvkkNH7Q3rq7oaypQRpTPquBSnPitvUSBXWn_poOKFuD-3-XXUOtzHTRNw3XraFFsBSKO3qdFCbi5qwzAao8Wzw_rar2flBzoP8BD9LOvhCtIHtIdXjLWlahdn-7baI4AAWAOYRUAGQIBjIzFaZXGA-tjEnAzSFBx1nPmWiA 13 comments environment