TAKE ACTION: Classrooms Are Heating Up!
TAKE ACTION!
Join the fight to protect our students and educators from extreme heat in schools!
Visit the Member Action Center to contact your state representatives – and use the form below to tell us your classroom heat story!
TELL US YOUR STORY.
We’ve collected hundreds of personal stories from parents and educators about extreme classroom temperatures.
Have we heard YOURS?
You can use the form below to write your story or upload a video.
WRITE YOUR STORY
Tell us about the heat in your classroom.
Your feedback helps in our ongoing efforts to address overheated workspaces and learning environments.
More stories here.
RECORD YOUR STORY
You can also click here to upload a 10-15 second clip showing what your overheating classroom looks like.
An abundance of fans, rising thermometers, sticky, stuffy air – we want to see it!
Scroll for additional classroom heat resources and to contact your state representative about this important issue.
Get the facts and take action against extreme classroom temperatures.
It's that time of year, and once again, classroom temperatures are rising!
When classrooms are too hot, students can't learn and teachers can't teach.
Extreme temperature isn’t just an inconvenience. As a study conducted by researchers at the University of Tulsa’s Indoor Air Program shows, it has a direct impact on student performance.
Researchers found:
- Math test scores increased an average of 3.2% with improved classroom ventilation.
- Math test scores rose another 2.8% when temperatures fell from a high of 78 degrees to a low of 67 degrees.
Further studies indicate that lower classroom temperatures and improved air ventilation improve learning ability and student performance by as much as 10 to 20 percent.
Overheated schools also waste energy and cost school districts money.
MORE WAYS TO TAKE ACTION!
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPERATURE LOG AND POSTER.
These are your tools to let your school, your district and your union know what’s going on in your classroom.
CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
Take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center! Urge state legislators to pass S.3397 (Skoufis)/A.447 (Joyner) establishing an unsafe maximum room temperature in school buildings and requiring schools to protect students and educators!
Thank you for joining the fight and taking action!
