Schools face a crucial challenge

Many kids will learn about climate change from school textbooks. Do the schoolbooks reflect the latest scientific consensus? Books on a student's desk may have been written years ago. Despite scientific consensus, climate change remains a controversial topic in the news media with politicians and policy makers debating facts and issues. Teachers have to figure it out - how best to teach their students and present the relevant material. See Educators Face Challenges in Teaching Climate Change.

Erstwhile, the National Teachers Science Association (NSTA) rejected an offer to receive 50,000 free DVDs of "An Inconvenient Truth" for educators to use in their classrooms: Science a la Joe Camel