School heatwaves are eroding students’ ability to learn, studies show

A massive report studying nearly 14.5 million students in 61 countries found that long-term heat exposure is interfering with students’ abilities to learn —and prolonged heat streaks are only getting worse. Why it matters: Increasingly high temperatures are worsening disparate educational outcomes, with the potential for long-term impacts on graduation rates and cognitive ability to grow as the globe continues to warm.Zoom in: The new systematic review of seven studies found that students’ cognitive abilities were most likely to be impacted when doing complex tasks like math…