Heat and education

Children are more vulnerable than adults to extreme heat, but at too many California schools authorities just aren’t moving with urgency to protect them from a fast-warming climate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a $20 million campaign to protect Californians from extreme heat as the state prepares for another heatwave this weekend.

The effect of rising temperatures on learning will be borne by the poor and marginalised, but the matter has still not received the policy attention it needs.

This paper investigates the unequal impact of environmental shocks on high-stakes test scores across income levels to document that climate change will exacerbate inequality.

Forty Pittsburgh Public schools are moving to remote learning for the rest of the week after the district created a new protocol for the heat.

Rising temperatures prompted the state-run Mindanao State University (MSU) in General Santos to suspend face-to-face classes, shifting back to the online mode of holding classes in all levels of learning.

For this study, authors conducted four focus groups during spring and summer 2021, to elicit recommendations for increasing the reach and effectiveness of heat risk education and warning messaging.