Students join to bring mandatory sex ed to schools

Sawyer, a junior at the University of Alaska Anchorage, wants to do something about it. She, with other politically minded Anchorage college students and even some local high schoolers, are banding together to reform the way sex education is taught around the state. They're reversing roles and telling their parents and school administrators that kids need more safety talk, not less. Their goal: mandatory comprehensive sex ed in high school.

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 8, 2008 - 8:38 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 8, 2008 - 8:38 PM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 8, 2008

The story is important as a movement for science based sex education. The impact is increased by the fact students are pushing for it. The timeliness is increased because of the anti-choice religiosity of the current governor of Alaska.

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