There's a new framework for schools to use for sex education lessons from kindergarten through high school.
Second-grade teacher Vickie Boudouris goes over an English worksheet with students at the Cordova Villa Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, Calif., in 2013. By Valerie Strauss Valerie Strauss Reporter covering education, foreign affairs Email Bio Follow May 10 California’s Board of Education is revamping the guidance it gives for teaching sex education from kindergarten through high school in public schools.
For sex education, the topic that generated opposition, the framework offers numerous subjects for discussion at each grade grouping, including: California school systems can select their own curriculum and instructional materials as long as they meet state guidelines, which say that all lessons must “be age-appropriate, medically accurate and objective, and appropriate for use with students of all races, genders, sexual orientations and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.” They also must:
One such book, mentioned in the section for grades nine through 12, suggests that teachers “promote a schoolwide read featuring the book,” “S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties,” by Heather Corinna. It includes explicit details of sexual activity.
Patricia Ann Rucker, another board member, said she understands concerns about the framework but in the end, “What we are trying to do . . . is help students understand all the information that they will be bombarded with.”
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