You are in Today's Live Events . Our guest this hour is Monica Rodriguez, who will be discussing sexuality education in America. I'm glad to be here. There's no easy answer because it really varies, state by state. Different states have different laws relating to sexuality education.
Some states have laws that require sexuality education in public schools.
Each school district has ultimate decision about what gets taught in each school. It can really vary from school district to school district. There are some that are doing great programs that are providing young people with lots of information and opportunity to practice communication and negotiation skills and decision making skills around sexuality issues. There are some schools in this country that have really restrictive programs in place and don't provide information about contraception, or they won't provide information about condoms or other information that's important for young people to know about. What we found was that these pre service teachers aren't getting very much training before they actually become teachers.