Not acting the way we should ... or the way you want? Keep your hands off my kids and the schools.

The administration believes that the American public does not understand energy costs and behaves wrongly. It is now targeting children via the educational system.

Off to the eco re-education camps...?

excerpt from the Wall Street Journal

 Dr. Chu said he didn’t think average folks had the know-how or will to to change their behavior enough to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

“The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is.” (In that case, the Energy Department has a few renegade teens of its own.)

The administration aims to teach them—literally. The Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on real children. Partnering with the Parent Teacher Organization, the agency earlier this month launched a cross-country tour of 6,000 schools to teach students about climate change and energy efficiency.

“We’re showing people across the country how energy efficiency can be part of what they do every day,” said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. “Confronting climate change, saving money on our utility bills, and reducing our use of heavily-polluting energy can be as easy as making a few small changes.”

Still, Secretary Chu said he didn’t think that the public would throw the same political temper tantrum over climate legislation has has happened with the healthcare debate.

By what authority do they consume valuable educational resources of classroom and instructional time, not to mention the direct costs?  This has nothing to do with fundamental educational missions of literacy or numeracy.