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Sexual health education provides students with the knowledge and skills to help them be healthy and avoid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and unintended pregnancy.
Sex education in schools can be taught by a classroom teacher, school nurse or an outside speaker, and often begins in fifth grade. For some parents, the term "sex ed"...
Parents support sex education covering a wide range of topics in age-appropriate ways from elementary through high school, including self-esteem, healthy relationships and peer pressure, how to stay safe online including how to deal with pornography, anti-bullying, and consent and setting boundaries.
As of October 1, 2020: Thirty states and the District of Columbia require public schools teach sex education, 28 of which mandate both sex education and HIV education. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia require students receive instruction about HIV.
We strongly support sex education that is science-based, medically accurate, and developmentally appropriate. Our review of the M-SOSD finds they fail on each of these criteria. There are multiple ways to strengthen the provision of sex education in the U.S.
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...
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) gives young people accurate, age-appropriate information about sexuality and their sexual and reproductive health, which is critical for their health and survival.
But comprehensive sex ed goes beyond that. It teaches students about healthy relationships, how to communicate consent, how to respect yourself and other people and how to identify dangerous ...
Sex education is high quality teaching and learning about a broad variety of topics related to sex and sexuality. It explores values and beliefs about those topics and helps people gain the skills that are needed to navigate relationships with self, partners, and community, and manage one’s own sexual health.
Providing sex education in schools can help foster a more supportive and safer environment for adolescents as they process not only their own transition, but the transition of their peers. Additionally, it provides students with valuable experience discussing topics related to sexuality with their peers.