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...Kaiser Family Foundation, which reported that fully one third of American public school districts follow an abstinence-only curriculum in their sex education classes. We wondered if abstinence education was working, and suggested that perhaps such an approach was unrealistic in light of what we know about sexual behavior among teens. And people let us know exactly what they thought, no holds barred. Whatever the opinion, it's been expressed - vociferously - this week. In our daily articles, limited space doesn't permit a great deal of depth in a single analysis. Here, in a longer format, we can address some...
...education should be included in an average public school student's day, mounting evidence shows that information should be made available to young people - outside of the home. The fact remains that many teens don't get ANY straight facts about sex at home. For example, rates of pregnancy among Hispanic teens have been slower to drop than among other population groups. This week, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy released a survey showing just how much at risk that population remains: While 90 percent of Hispanics feel teen pregnancy is a problem in their community, only 48 percent...
...played with the magic number before, on several occasions. They're among the finest musicians at Harvard. Also, David Horn used to play in Mayaderen, a previous band of Luke, Pablo and mine. Luke and I have both played in groups with Michael Bernstein and Scott Pagano of Kick the Chemist, though we've never heard them in their newest incarnation...
...city has used inventory, testing, vendor-certification and other techniques to make sure that its "mission-critical" computer applications and computer-driven equipment--which play integral roles in the police, fire and management information systems departments, among others--are Y2K-compliant, according to the city's Web site...
...like this organization to become stronger within itself but also have a greater presence among the [local] Latino community and Harvard student groups as well," Prieto said...