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Learning How to Mitigate Heat in Schools, with V. Kelly Turner

Published: Sept. 24, 2023, midnight

In this week\u2019s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with V. Kelly Turner, an associate professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, about the impacts of heat on students in US schools. Heat not only affects the body but also has implications for children\u2019s behavior and learning outcomes. Turner also discusses architectural and landscape design choices and technology that can mitigate hot temperatures on school grounds, funding sources for improving school infrastructure, and issues of equity in allocating such resources to schools.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\nThe Los Angeles Living Schoolyards Coalition; https://www.lalivingschoolyards.org/\n\n\u201cGreen schoolyards for Los Angeles: The smart policy solution for equity, health, and climate resilience\u201d from the Trust for Public Land; https://www.tpl.org/green-schoolyards-los-angeles\n\n\u201cThe Heat Will Kill You First\u201d by Jeff Goodell; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-goodell/the-heat-will-kill-you-first/9780316497572/