Brittany Jefferson teaches fifth-graders at Citizens of the World Charter School in Silver Lake. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) What do you think of when you hear the words climate change, ...

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What do you think of when you hear the words climate change, Brittany Jefferson asked her fifth-graders. She moved around her classroom at Silver Lake’s Citizens of the World Charter School making eye ...