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Protecting Children from Extreme Heat in Schools

Protecting Children from Extreme Heat in Schools

Update: 2025-09-05
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Schools in many parts of the U.S. are ill-equipped to deal with record-breaking heat during the school year, and that is adversely impacting student health and learning. Tune in as we speak with Autumn Burton, Senior Associate of Climate, Health, and Environment at the Federation of American Scientists, and Hailey Gibbs, Ph.D., associate director of Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress, as we discuss how to protect children from extreme heat in schools.

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Protecting Children from Extreme Heat in Schools

Protecting Children from Extreme Heat in Schools

Jill Buck