Conservative members of the State Board of Education are at it again. Today they will consider overriding the recommendations of another curriculum committee to change the standards for teaching sex education. Instead of allowing students to “opt out” of the sex ed classes, as nearly every school district now does without problems, the conservatives want every parent to have to fill out an “opt-in” form in order for their children to attend the classes.
The change is a bad solution based on rumors, not classroom realities. Board member John Bacon even claimed he heard that a bed had been used in one sex ed class. So now we’re basing education policy on an old Monty Python movie?
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
Registered?
Commenting on WE Blog now requires you to be a Kansas.com member. Use the links above to register, if you haven't already, or to log in.Contact us
Follow us
Daily Archives
-
Recent Comments
- Phantom on Health care reform would save state money
- Phantom on Health care reform would save state money
- Pleefer on Open thread 11/22
- cosmos_originally on Open thread 11/22
- Daniel on Open thread 11/22
- Rage on Open thread 11/22
- Rage on Open thread 11/22
- BlueJay on Open thread 11/22
- American_Way on Open thread 11/22
- Rage on Open thread 11/22
15 Comments
Considering her past Connie Morris could have used a quality sex ed class
No, no, no!! The crazies are taking over!
Seriously though, we all want fewer abortions (ideally none!) and less teen sex. Everyone agrees on that, am I right? Comprehensive sex ed should be presented to as many students as possible.
If it ain’t broke….
I.just.can’t.follow.the.logic…
Think maybe Connie is giving good chemicals to the rest of the BOE?
My goodness. This will be a bad policy! Although from what I understand, it will not be mandatory for school districts to adopt, but a recommendation.
Smooth move on the conservatives part. They can tell their evangelical congregation and voter base that they did something about it, without really doing much about it. A re-election trick.
Opt-in policy I don’t think will be taken seriously, with the exception of probably rural school districts in Connie Morris’ area.
Why complicate the whole thing? If you don’t want your child to be a part of the class, just opt-out. If you don’t know what classes your child is taking in school, you’re not a good parent.
Agreed NoJoCo.
Connie now wants the stork story taught in place of sex ed. After all, if they don’t know there is such a thing as sex, they can’t have it, can they?
Since it has been the liberal mindset using the government school system that created and promotes teen sex, teen pregnantcies, abortions and STDs maybe it is time for parents to take control again. That would be great except that most of the parenting generation doesn’t know much more than if it feels good, do it.
Most parents are irresponsible so why should their kids be responsible. Maybe the school board is just attempting to put the responsibility back where it belongs but first the parents must be educated.
r,Of course, you are the one that should “educate” everybody else.Sorry, but I’ve been around long enough to have seen this whole mess happen. 1950’s propaganda, when it collapsed under it’s own weight, started it. The kids had been lied to, and knew it, and that blew their parent’s credibility on every issue, including sex.Do you really think you’ll fix the problem with more propaganda?
“The liberal mindset using the government school system that created and promotes teen sex . . .”
Yeah, because after all, no teenagers would be having or even thinking about having sex if the school system didn’t PROMOTE it.
Something tells me that sex would be on a lot of people’s (not just teens’) minds whether liberal culture promoted it or not.
Galahad,Of course it’s on a lot of minds. And when they can’t have it anymore, or couldn’t get it to begin with, they become republicans and find other ways to screw people!
Score another hit for the people who think teenage pregnancy is the way to go. Not to mention the spread of those nasty std’s.
What happened to the board of education being responsible for educating the people.
Our board of education’s new motto should be “Ignorance is bliss.”
Then they must be the most blissful folks on the planet! Unfortunately, I’ve got a real education, so it pains me to no end to have to listen to their drivel, and know that the rest of the world thinks everybody from Kansas is that stupid!
I would bet that Ms Morris didn’t need a sex ed class to learn to how to be a whore or getting into porn. BTW do classes about drugs make people addicts or gun safety into killers?
I have pulled together several ageless gurus and posed this problem to them. The consensus was mandatory panty girdles for the girls. This may not stop teenage sex, but it will surely slow it down.lol