TITLE

Sex Education in the Schools: It Should Be Offered But Not Required

AUTHOR(S)

Black, Theodore M.

PUB. DATE

February 1983

SOURCE

Education Week;2/2/1983, Vol. 2 Issue 19, p19

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

The article comments on the need to offer sex education in the U.S. public schools. It offers information about the public reaction concerning the action taken by the school authorities to sneak sex education into their course offerings. The author believes that knowledge of the physiology of sex is needed to reduce the incidence of unwanted teen-age pregnancies.

ACCESSION #

20494920

Tags: SEX education;  EDUCATION;  PUBLIC schools;  SCHOOLS

 

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