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As Earth Day arrives, experts debate quality of environmental education in U.S. schools.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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April 17, 1997
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WASHINGTON _ In Michael Sanera's world, acid rain isn't such a serious problem, America's forests are growing not shrinking, and the jury is still out on potential damaging effects of global warming and the thinning ozone layer.
And environmental education, he says, is ``scaring kids green.''
Sanera is sparking a debate over environmental education in America's schools that could help frame the attitudes of a new generation of Americans. About 30 states require that school children learn something about the environment.
``The problem is that children are getting a lot of misleading information about the environment from well-meaning adults,'' said Sanera, ...