no child left inside
some minnesota k-12 schools emphasize environmental education on their own, yet shrinking state aid has made field trips and environmental learning center visits cost-prohibitive for some districts.
a federal bill, branded “no child left inside”, would augment the elementary and secondary education act to help minnesota school districts incorporate environmental education across the curriculum, starting at a young age, to promote literacy of the natural world, and combat nature deficit disorder head on.