Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England

The Guardian reports that private schools in England enjoy forty-one percent more tree shade than state schools — and the disparity is starkest in institutions serving the most disadvantaged students. With summer classrooms recently reaching forty degrees Celsius, the research exposes how unequal access to cooling resources maps directly onto existing socioeconomic divides in education.

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