Education Policy
Keeping science in schools and getting students outside to explore, learn and play are important for our children’s future. Environmental education, physical education and the overall health and well-being of students improve through outdoor time and experiential or hands-on learning. NWF is working at the Federal and State levels to keep nature, the outdoors and our children’s health at the center of policy reform and change.
Learn what you can do to take action on current education policy or learn how you can effect change through our tool kit and resources.
Take Action
Leave no child inside – Tell your congressional representative that you wish children to have environmental education as part of their education experience.
Sign a petition to the Surgeon General - Tell the Surgeon General to promote outdoor time for children.
Resources
Community Tool Kit - Learn about actions you can take in your own community to support environmental education and outdoor time for students to reconnect children with nature.
Connecting Kids to Nature – Guide for Educators and Parents - Learn about the importance of outdoor time for children and solutions for reconnecting children with the natural world.