Love + Sex

Monday, November 30, 2009

Your child’s gym teacher may not give the best sex ed class (DUH)


Is it any secret that most school districts skimp on sex education? If kids were better informed, maybe we would have less unwanted pregnancies and rampant STDs. Oh no, right, it’s the free condoms. Planned Parenthood is responsible for underage sex. Of course!

FROM YAHOO NEWS:

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A sizable minority of sex education teachers does not cover all of the basics, and many lack training to teach sex ed at all, a survey of teachers in one state suggests.

In a study of sex ed teachers at 201 Illinois schools, researchers found that one-third of teachers did not give comprehensive instruction -- defined as covering the four basic topics of abstinence, birth control, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

In addition, 30 percent said they had no special training in teaching sex education, and these teachers were less likely to teach a comprehensive course.
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