TITLE

Grassroots warriors waging battle over sex-ed. curriculum

AUTHOR(S)

Portner, Jessica

PUB. DATE

October 1994

SOURCE

Education Week;10/12/94, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the protest of parents in Hemet, California against the decision of their school board to adopt the sex-education curriculum `Sex Respect.' Defense of `Sex Respect' publisher Respect Inc.; Contents of the educational material; Arguments of various parents and educators; Situations of other school districts across the United States; Possibility of legal action.

ACCESSION #

9410254146

Tags: TEACHING aids & devices;  SEX education for teenagers;  RESPECT Inc.

 

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