A new report reveals that plastic companies are increasingly influencing K‑12 education, embedding their products into lesson plans across subjects like math, English, history, and biology. With 54 million students returning to classrooms this fall, the study shows how industry sponsorships and curriculum materials subtly promote plastics as a solution to everyday problems. The Hechinger Report highlights the growing trend of corporate involvement in schools and raises questions about the impact on students’ understanding of environmental sustainability.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reprinted with permission. This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school curricula: plastics. A new report from the nonprofit […] The post When plastic companies write the lesson plans appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
