In 2011, Mississippi law required public schools to teach either abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex education. Despite a significant drop in teen pregnancies since 2011, Mississippi still has the ...

Krystalyn Musselman holds a worn cardboard box up to the screen on our Zoom call. It’s the anonymous question box she relies on to field queries from high schoolers at Tecumseh Public Schools in ...

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New York is known as one of the most forward-thinking states, often at the forefront of cutting-edge policies and programs. However, when it comes to sexual health education for young people, we lag ...

High school health class is a staple of the American education experience. While at least one semester of health is a requirement for all Illinois secondary students, sex education is not. Per the ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State Board of Education is weighing changes to the state's health and sexual education curriculum standards for the first time since 2007. The new health education ...

A disturbing incident in Delhi highlights a critical gap in child guidance. Children today receive excessive, early, and ...

In 2011, the course of Mississippi's sex education shifted. House Bill 999, which became law after passing through the 2011 legislative session, requires each public school district to choose either ...