Closing the achievement gap: using the environment as an integrating context for learning.

"Sacramento, CA: CA State Education and Environment Roundtable, 1998." By Lieberman, G.A. and L. Hoody 1998
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"This is a study on the effects of environmental education. It describes several dimensions of EE programs. Results for schools with such programs show better performance on standardized measures of academic achievement in reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Classroom behavior showed improvements as well. "
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