Teach compassion by helping students care for a class plant.
This fall, PETA hopes students returning to the classroom will find one thing missing: animals. Here’s why we must reshape and rethink education.
As students and teachers head home to avoid spreading the highly contagious coronavirus, classroom “pets” and other animals housed on campus may go weeks without care.
Betta fish are sensitive, complex beings—not teaching tools or classroom props.
Bettas are beautiful and unique fish with brightly colored bodies and long, flowing fins. Like all fish, they want to be free, in their natural habitat.
Humane education teaches students to value the lives of ALL animals—not just those commonly deemed worthy by society. But these frauds mislead teachers and their students.
It’s easy to incorporate compassion for animals into your curriculum. Just take this kind teacher’s word for it!
A tank can never rival a fish’s natural habitat—and they don’t belong in your classroom.
There’s no excuse for putting an animal at risk.
Be prepared for whatever the school day throws at you with these kind practices.
These animals suffer in the classroom. Here’s why.
There are so many ways to teach students about responsibility and animal care WITHOUT keeping live animals in your classroom. Check out the alternatives!
Children becoming ill, animals suffering, and more. No kind teacher wants this.
For educational value, chick-hatching projects miss the mark. Here’s what to do if your school is planning one.
Here’s yet another reason why hermit crabs should never be used as classroom “pets.”
