Teach teens communication skills, not abstinence, in sex education classes
Holland’s communication-based sex education is more effective in lowering birth, abortion and STI rates than America’s just-say-no approach. There is no federal mandate for sex education in the United States, but the U.S. government spends millions of dollars per year subsidizing sex education programs nationwide. Under the Trump administration, these federally-funded programs are increasingly rooted in an abstinence-only framework. […]
Some schools are rethinking sex ed with lessons on consent [VIDEO]
The changing culture around sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement has some states and school districts rethinking their sex ed curriculum to include healthy relationships, preventing violence and ensuring consent. Special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education Week visits a Washington, D.C., school that is committed to comprehensive sexuality education. Watch full video.
