Sometimes even when you live through something, it can be hard to see it for what it is. Reporter Katie Worth has a story about a 7th-grader in that position. (15 minutes)
Katie reported this story for the PBS series Frontline and the Ground Truth Project. She is the author of the book Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught In America.
By Katie Worth; Produced by Chris Benderev
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