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The debate over the best way to teach sexual health in the U.S. continues to rage on, but student voice is often left out of the conversation when schools are deciding on what to teach.
First and foremost, there is a debate between the use of sexual education programs, where they openly teach about sex and prevention, and abstinence-only programs, which Advocates for Youth...
The Centers for Disease Control defines quality sexual education as medically accurate developmentally appropriate culturally relevant content that promotes healthy development but only three...
But research shows that when schools broaden the scope of sex education classes beyond abstinence or risk prevention—to discuss gender roles and identity, normalize sexual diversity, and...
It’s frequently the subject of intense local debates, in part because sexuality education is probably the most local of all curriculum topics in schools: Sex education is not mandatory in all...
According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the “debate over whether to have. sex education in American schools is over.”11 For 93 percent of Americans, this is true.12 Sex. education in public school is largely viewed as a necessity for the healthy growth and personal.
Advocates say comprehensive sex education and access to contraception are two reasons for that decline. But, in a post-Roe world, some states are rethinking their sex ed requirements.
