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Our work supporting healthy, efficient, and resilient schools continues to earn recognition from media throughout the nation.

We are grateful to the local, state, and national outlets below who have covered Undaunted's work and featured Undaunted voices since 2021.

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UndauntedK12 In the News

2025

Featured
The Hechinger Report
Students, schools race to save clean energy projects in face of Trump deadline
The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report
CalMatters, Associated Press, Seattle Times, Honolulu Civil Beat
Seven years after California’s deadliest fire, schools — and kids — are still recovering
CalMatters, Associated Press, Seattle Times, Honolulu Civil Beat
CalMatters, Associated Press, Seattle Times, Honolulu Civil Beat
Nashville Public Radio | WPLN News
The environment impacts learning for Tennessee students. Here’s how.
Nashville Public Radio | WPLN News
Nashville Public Radio | WPLN News
Tennessee Firefly
Nashville Symposium Explores How Environmental Factors Shape Student Success
Tennessee Firefly
Tennessee Firefly
The Guardian
How to protect US students from heat in schools – and is it time to rethink summer break?
The Guardian
The Guardian
The Fresno Bee
Students in sweltering classrooms under smokey skies are bad for grades|Opinion
The Fresno Bee
The Fresno Bee
K-12 Dive
Severe weather eroding school finances and learning
K-12 Dive
K-12 Dive
Pennsylvania Independent
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act threatens solar projects at Pennsylvania schools, churches
Pennsylvania Independent
Pennsylvania Independent
The Hill
Record-breaking heat dome disrupts summer school, student activities
The Hill
The Hill
Portland Press Herald
From Classrooms to Careers: How Energy Tax Credits are Powering a Brighter Future for Maine Schools
Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald
A Second Opinion by Bill Frist
Congress Must Keep the Momentum on Healthy Schools
A Second Opinion by Bill Frist
A Second Opinion by Bill Frist
Washington Post
Schools are digging underground for their heat — and saving money
Washington Post
Washington Post
Chalkbeat Pennsylvania
Effort to adapt Philly schools to rising temperatures threatened by Trump
Chalkbeat Pennsylvania
Chalkbeat Pennsylvania
Capital B News
Natural Disasters Are Driving a School Crisis. Black Children Are Hit the Hardest
Capital B News
Capital B News
The Hechinger Report
How Trump is disrupting efforts by schools and colleges to combat climate change
The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report
Inside Climate News
School Disruptions from the LA Fires Hit Latino, Disadvantaged and English-Language Learners Hardest, Experts Find
Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News
K-12 Dive
California wildfires disproportionately hurt the most vulnerable students
K-12 Dive
K-12 Dive
EdSource
Students impacted by L.A. fires mostly from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds
EdSource
EdSource
EdSource
From Los Angeles's Climate Crisis, A Blueprint for California's Schools
EdSource
EdSource
Education Week
School Modernization Funds Are in Jeopardy. Here’s What To Do
Education Week
Education Week
Forbes
Students Feel The Heat: Elevating The Connection Between The Changing Climate And Student Success
Forbes
Forbes
The Tufts Daily
Somerville discusses progress on clean energy initiatives in committee meeting
The Tufts Daily
The Tufts Daily
Featured
Bowling Green Daily News
Hart County Schools gets $793,000 via energy-savings project
Bowling Green Daily News
Bowling Green Daily News
Education Week
Will Trump Cut Climate Funds for Schools? Here’s What Could Happen
Education Week
Education Week
The Amherst Current
Saving Money on Clean Energy for Schools 
The Amherst Current
The Amherst Current
CalMatters
As heat rises, California kids are sweltering in schools with no air conditioning
CalMatters
CalMatters
Christian Science Monitor
Hurricanes and wildfires are closing schools. How can students get back on track?
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
Some L.A. teachers, tired of waiting, are creating their own climate curriculum
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Community Voice
California students push for solar schools
The Community Voice
The Community Voice
Associated Press
How this one climate fix means a school nurse sees fewer students sick from the heat
Associated Press
Associated Press
The Hechinger Report
109 degrees on the first day of school? Extreme heat is delaying when some students go back
The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report
West Sacramento News Ledger
Yolo County Office of Education Launches School Resiliency and Sustainability Project
West Sacramento News Ledger
West Sacramento News Ledger
Fast Company
Teachers and activists are rebuilding crumbling schools with sustainable retrofits
Fast Company
Fast Company
Los Angeles Times
Newsom energy plan sparks tug of war with lawmakers in final hours of legislative session
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
LAist
Inside California’s last-minute effort to cut electric bills and streamline clean energy
LAist
LAist
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Too many kids are going back to school this month without functioning A/C
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Center for American Progress
Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development
Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress
Ed100
Education and the Environment: School buildings, playgrounds and carbon
Ed100
Ed100
The Washington Post
Schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Salt Lake Tribune
‘Next generation of climate leaders’: These Utah students are trying to get their school district to commit to clean energy
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune

2024

Featured
Education Week
It’s Not Just Snow Days: How Can Districts Work Extreme Weather Into Their Calendars?
Education Week
Education Week
The Boston Globe
Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
CapRadio
Sacramento City Unified commits to carbon neutrality by 2045
CapRadio
CapRadio
Education Week
Schools Can Use These Little-Known, Unlimited Funds to Make Their Buildings Greener
Education Week
Education Week
Wired
This Is Your Kid’s Brain on Extreme Heat
Wired
Wired
Los Angeles Times
How California schools can finally quit burning fossil fuels
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
NBC Boston
School week ends with more heat in the classroom
NBC Boston
NBC Boston
The Boston Globe
As schools reopen in a heat wave, a warning of the climate future
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Education Week
What Educators Need to Know About Schools and Hot Weather
Education Week
Education Week
Education Week
Polluted Skies and High Heat Expose School Facility Issues, Threaten Students’ Health
Education Week
Education Week
Stanford Medicine Magazine
How to climate-proof schools: Revamping schools to withstand what’s coming
Stanford Medicine Magazine
Stanford Medicine Magazine
19th News
How can we shield children from the impacts of climate change? Investments in schools can help.
19th News
19th News
EdSource
Coalition urges California to invest $150 billion in climate-resilient, healthy schools
EdSource
EdSource
Education Week
Most Schools Burn Fossil Fuels for Heat. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
Education Week
Education Week

2023

2022