sex education

Administrators of a south Jersey school Monday stood by a language arts assignment that asked an eighth-grade students for their response to a hypothetical: contracting herpes after a one-night stand.

How old were you when you learned about the facts of life? If you live in Chicago, the answer soon will be five as the Chicago Board of Education passed a new policy that mandates a set amount of time be spent on sex education in every grade including kindergarten.