Sex Ed News Roundup: Getting Real with Communication

Get Real for the Win!   On November 6th, the Bloomberg View ran a story by Noah Smith praising liberals (i.e., Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts) for finding a way to “out-tradition the traditionalists” (i.e., reducing sexual activity amongst eight-graders by 15 percent with it’s comprehensive sex education curriculum, Get Real). The story cites a… Read more »

Sex Ed Week in Review: Dollars and Sense

In the United States Bridgeton, NJ: Inspira Health Network‘s Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, “At Promise, Not At Risk,” just received $5 million from the United States federal government to continue its programming. The program, now in its third year, combines life skills with abstinence-based sexuality education for 120 6th graders across two school systems. The… Read more »

Summertime: School Is Out and Sex Ed Is In

Scappoose County, Oregon: The Scappoose School District is asking parents to schedule their summer vacations around their review of several sex education curricula. The curricula is scheduled to be voted on today, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Using HIV statistics from 2001, parents need to support curriculum changes in Scappoose. By voting at the school board meeting,… Read more »