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New Jersey Adopts Climate Change As Part Of Core Curriculum In All Public Schools

Chatham High School is one of the more than 2,000 public schools in the state implementing its new curriculum this fall.
Students take part in a climate strike demo on Feb. 14, 2020 in London, England. (Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Last year, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to require all its public schools to adopt climate change education into its curriculum.

Chatham High School in the township of Chatham, New Jersey, is one of the more than 2,000 public schools in the state implementing this new curriculum in the fall. Science supervisor Kristen Crawford says the new curriculum will be incorporated across every subject.

For teachers taking on the topic of climate change for the first time, Crawford says educators need to

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