NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 29, 2026) — New Rochelle High School teacher Carmen Glenn was named a 2026 MacArthur Foundation Climate and Equity Teacher Fellow, one of 18 teachers selected nationwide.
Glenn participated in the 2026 Climate and Equity Institute, held at the Schoodic Institute in Acadia National Park in Maine from July 26 to Aug. 1. The participating teachers joined a network of teacher-leaders working to help students understand the science of climate change in its human context.
“Climate change and equity are inextricably linked through causes, effects and solutions,” Glenn said. “Most recently, the flooding caused by a glacier collapse in Nepal shows that impacts can affect people who are not the main responsible parties for climate change.”
The institute began with teachers sharing their expertise and experience on ways to engage students on climate change and equity. Sessions also covered place — urban, suburban or rural — Indigenous perspectives, youth action and voice, and dealing with emotion and trauma when teaching about climate change.
Glenn said one of the most compelling lessons from the week was that “climate grief and anxiety are real and affect all of us; that the solutions to the climate crisis are going to be different in different places; and that indigenous ecological knowledge can teach us about solutions.”
The institute was conducted by TERC, a STEM education institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, under the sponsorship of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
In the coming year, teachers from the Climate and Equity Institute will continue networking with colleagues across the country and with the TERC team.
This article was prepared with the assistance of AI tools under the direction and editing of Robert Cox.
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