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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Michigan State Board of Education approved new state sex education standards, which include recommendations that students be taught about gender identity and sexual orientation. The "Michigan ...

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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 ...

Broward County Public Schools students may or may not receive reproductive health lessons this school year. By state law, each school district must submit its curriculum for what’s commonly called sex ...

“Adolescence,” the wildly popular British Netflix series that has garnered more than 124 million views since its March premiere, sheds light on some dark and disturbing aspects of the online world ...

A disturbing incident in Delhi highlights a critical gap in child guidance. Children today receive excessive, early, and uncontextualized information about sex from unreliable sources like social ...