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New Education Bill Aims For ‘No Child Left Inside’

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Monday, October 29, 2007   

Denver, CO – There's a great big world outside, and more kids are spending less time exploring it, but a new bill in Congress aims to reverse that trend. As lawmakers gear up to debate renewal of the controversial 'No Child Left Behind' law the "No Child Left Inside Act" would help kids learn how to interact with the environment and the world around them.

Ali Goulstone Sweeney with the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education worries today's children are becoming too involved with technical stimulation such as computer games and television and explains "No Child Left Inside" would encourage exploration of the natural world.

"More and more kids today are attached to video games and television, so getting kids outside and connected to the world around them is a real challenge."

Sweeney worries standardized tests like the C-SAP leave little time to teach students about other topics and explains the bill's objective would bring more environmental education into classrooms. She believes teaching kids to interact with the world around them will give them critical thinking skills, a valuable trait regardless of political opinion.

"Educators are under the gun to address C-SAP standards and tests, so environmental education is really being left behind. What 'No Child Left Inside' could do is instruct students about water use, energy consumption and transportation choices. It really teaches the child how to think, not what to think."

The "No Child Left Inside Act" includes $100 million annually for environmental education in the classroom. The House committee could review the bill as soon as this week. Colorado Representative Ed Perlmutter, a first term Democrat, is one of the bill's co-sponsors.


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