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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Educated Reporter: Coalition Wants Middle Schoolers Taught About Sexual Orientation

The Educated Reporter: Coalition Wants Middle Schoolers Taught About Sexual Orientation:

Coalition Wants Middle Schoolers Taught About Sexual Orientation

A coalition of health and education groups wants students to know by the end of eighth grade that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender," according to this story from Kimberly Hefling of the Associated Press.

The coalition also recommends that students as young as second grade should know the "correct names" for both male and female anatomy. There should also be standards for anti-bullying education, the coalition says.

Hefling got this quote from Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Education Abstinence Association,