Strategic Planning Overview

Wisconsin has a long history of citizen involvement and commitment to a sustainable natural resource base. Since the late 1800s, outdoor and nature education has been provided in Wisconsin schools. In 1935, a law was passed requiring teacher-training colleges to provide conservation education. In 1985, The Wisconsin legislature enacted a curriculum planning standard requiring that school districts develop and implement a K-12 environmental education curriculum by September 1, 1990. To support this curriculum mandate the state legislature authorized the creation of the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board with a grants program and the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education in 1990. Academic standards for environmental education were established for K-12 education in 1998.
Environmental education (EE) strategic planning has a long and successful history in Wisconsin. Statewide planning and capacity-building for EE was formally done as early as 1974.

Historical planning efforts and documents include:

The most recent plans are:

Wisconsin's Plan for Environmentally Literate and Sustainable Communities
Wisconsin's Plan to Advance Education for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability in PK-12 Schools

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