Students are flunking when it comes to science education. (Great time to fire your science curriculum leader!)

Despite a renewed interest in issues such as global warming, American schools are flunking when it comes to teaching kids basic lessons about the environment, according to a new study released by the National Environmental Education Foundation.

"Young people are graduating from high school totally environmentally illiterate," said Brian A. Day, executive director of the North American Association for Environmental Education. (KXAN)