Author: Katy Farber

Katy Farber, Ed.D, is an educator, teacher coach and writer. She is the author of three books about education: Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus (Corwin Press, 2010); Change the World with Service Learning: How to Create, Lead and Assess Service Learning Projects (R&L, 2011); and its new edition, Real and Relevant: a guide for service and project based learning, released in June 2017. She also wrote a middle grade fiction novel called The Order of the Trees (Green Writers Press, 2015). Her writing has been published on CNN’s School of Thought blog, Educational Leadership, Edutopia, the Synapse, the Huffington Post and on environmental websites and blogs. Learn more about her work and connect at katyfarber.com.

A Victory for Climate Science Education!

BY Katy Farber ON March 9, 2018

In today’s political cycle, each day brings a dizzying (and often nauseating) storm of bad news. The problem is, the storm isn’t passing any time soon. So it will take every one of us to fight for our basic rights to clean air, clean water,...

TOPICS: Activism, Children's Health, Politics, Schools, Science

Growing Environmental Stewards with KidsGardening

BY Katy Farber ON February 8, 2018

As I write this, it’s snowing like crazy in Vermont. It doesn’t seem like a common time to think about school gardens, but anytime is a good time to help kids foster a strong and healthy connection to local food systems and nature. In fact,...

TOPICS: Carbon Pollution, Climate Change, Environment, Heat and Extreme Weather, Schools

What Are Schools Doing About Extreme Weather Closings?

BY Katy Farber ON December 13, 2017

Oh, the irony. I write this post after two unshowered and under-coffeed days, after an unexpected wind storm knocked out power to most of the Northeast. School was cancelled here in Central Vermont for a few days. In parts of New England, it’s not unheard...

TOPICS: Climate Change, Heat and Extreme Weather, Oregon, Schools, Vermont

Are Your Children Learning About Climate Change?

BY Katy Farber ON September 25, 2017

What your child learns about climate change at school depends on where you live. PreK-12 science standards are, in large measure, decided at the state level. That means what your child learns about climate change, or does not, can vary wildly in the United States....

TOPICS: Alaska, Climate Change, Politics, Schools, Texas

Say What? You Can’t Find the EPA’s Climate Change Kids Site?

BY Katy Farber ON June 1, 2017

In the midst of the daily news cycle, it’s easy to miss some impulsive policy decisions made by the Trump administration. Here’s a kid-related one that may have zipped by your radar. The EPA, under the Obama administration, created a website, A Student’s Guide to Global...

TOPICS: Climate Change, EPA, MCAF News, Politics, Schools

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