Topic: Education Issues
Abstinence-only program helps kids postpone sex
Reuters US Online Report Health News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abstinence-only sex education can work -- if it's based on established strategies for helping young people change their attitudes about other types of risky behavior like smoking and drinking, new research shows. African-American sixth- and seventh-graders who completed the eight-hour program, which involved a series of ...
Success seen with experimental abstinence program
AP Features
An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found. Billed as the first rigorous research to show long-term success with an abstinence-only approach, the study differed from traditional programs that have lost federal and state support in recent years. The classes ...
Obama would overhaul No Child Left Behind
AP News
Obama budget shows how he would overhaul No Child Left Behind education lawPresident Barack Obama is proposing to overhaul the No Child Left Behind education law, replacing the school accountability system that has slapped a failing label on more than a third of schools, including many that made big gains ...
States to government: hands off education
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off. Education policy has always been the territory of state and local governments, but in the last ...
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