Senator Jack Reed has recently introduced legislation to strengthen and expand environmental education in the schools called the No Child Left Inside Act 2007. Here are some links that provide background:
- Jack Reed press release regarding No Child Left Inside Act 2007
- Save the Bay's No Child Left Inside web page
- USA Today article: Nature Program's Goal: No Child Left Inside
- Economist article: No Child Left Inside
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's No Child Left Inside web site, with suggestions for strengthening the language
This last link to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has good summaries of what Environmental Education can be and suggestions for how you can help. It also gives the House and Senate bill numbers. An excerpt:
Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland and Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island recently introduced legislation that strengthens and expands environmental education in America's classrooms and reconnects children with nature. These bills, each entitled the No Child Left Inside Act of 2007, were introduced in the House (H.R.3036) and the Senate (S.1981). Please encourage your senators and representative to support the No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 and help get its provisions included in the House and Senate bills that reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law.
You can follow the progress of these bills on Congress's website. Click on the numbers:
