Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Puberty lessons, as part of sex education, typically begin in the fifth grade. Many experts say that's too late. (Collage: Getty ...

Dear Meghan: If we are open with our children in discussions about puberty and sex, is there any benefit to them attending the awkward public school (gender-separated) puberty lesson? I previewed the ...

A program that teaches fifth-graders about puberty is on hiatus at the West Shore School District after the organization that runs the lessons said it intended to bow out following an apparently ...

The West Shore School District – or rather the majority membership of its board - took fresh heat Tuesday night over its closed-door meeting with a controversial conservative law firm, but moved ...

An elementary school offered inappropriate sex ed lessons to students without parental consent or district approval, according to concerned parents and a community activist. Parents only found out ...

The Fairfax County School Board has voted to delay the public comment period on a proposal to combine genders in sex and gender education classes. School board officials cited concerns over community ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The Washoe County School Board trustees will discuss and potentially move forward with new sex education lessons for fourth and fifth graders during their regularly ...

After receiving criticism from parents and district employees, Central Bucks School District has made all of its elementary classes on puberty virtual and optional. File photo: A crowd turns out to ...

A Vermont elementary school is reportedly removing "male" and "female" language from its fifth grade science lessons covering the human body, puberty and reproduction. In a letter sent home to parents ...

Yahoo Life’s School Report Card: Sex Education series examines what adolescents are being taught about sexuality — and why it's about more than the birds and the bees. Sex education has become a hotly ...