Creating and Sustaining Environmental Education Districtwide

Focus: SCHOOL CURRICULUM

As students and teachers head back into classrooms, school districts are looking for ways to provide more hands-on, project-based learning. Environmental education offers a rich context for just that, with the added benefit of helping students develop important skills and mindsets.

The Superintendent’s Environmental Education Collaborative, a national partnership that I co-chair, provides tools and resources to assist districts with integration of high-quality environmental education across the curriculum. More than 60 superintendents participate in SEEC, sharing examples of what is working in their districts.

Creating and sustaining an environmental education program has a few key aspects.