Legislation Would Provide Funding For Teachers Who Find Ways To Take Their Lessons Outdoors
By Katie Valentine
Learning about the environment in a classroom isn’t enough for one U.S. Congressman: if kids are learning about nature, he says, they should be doing it outdoors.
That’s the motivation behind the No Child Left Inside Act, which was introduced Wednesday by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/12/3622306/no-child-left-inside/
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