This study explores how a government policy impacts an education about a topic of
climate change in the United States. When a country faces a big issue to work on as climate
change, the government launches a policy that moves into K-12 education by impacting teaching
practices (program; training), curriculum, and students’ learning (thoughts; ideas) both at the state
and school district local levels. This study starts with an introduction of how the U.S. environmental
protection agency acknowledges the seriousness of climate change followed by the policy
the government imposed on. Then, the study explains the current education of climate change
ongoing in the U.S. with an example of Michigan curriculum of high school. In addition, the U.S.
secondary students’ literacy of climate change was reported in this study. Furthermore, this study
discusses on how the topic is taught in conjunction with Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) education. Finally, the example and lesson learned of the U.S. suggest ways
and implications for an improved education in Korean K-12 climate education.