Environmental Education in Colorado Springs Schools

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Environmental Education in Colorado Springs Schools

What is environmental education?

Background

What are some barriers to the improvement of environmental education in Colorado Springs schools?

A) Lack of communication

B) Lack of environmental elements in state science standards

C) Teachers who aren’t trained to teach local issues

D) Students not gaining basic skills necessary to take action

E) Lack of funding

The Proposal:

A) Creation of the “Sustainability Education Task Force”

B) Task force members assess needs and evaluate solutions to improving EE in the Springs

1) Establishment of tested state environmental standards

2) Creation of “Colorado Springs’ Environmental Story”

3) Make resource book mandatory in curriculum, remove standards test

Conclusion

Benefits of this proposal:

Acknowledgments

Email: shall@coloradocollege.edu

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