NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says
The New York City comptroller’s office said not all middle and high school students are being taught sex education as required by law.
Stringer’s audit also found that 88 percent of middle schools and high schools in the city do not have a licensed health education teacher – with most of them being middle schools. Also, in middle and high schools, 97 percent of health instructors are not licensed, the audit said.
Further, only 7.6 of all health instructors participated in any professional development related to sex education within the last two years, the report said. Meanwhile, 4 percent of New York City teenagers reported sexual dating violence over a period of 12 months in a 2015 survey, and while teen pregnancy rates have dropped citywide in recent years, they remain high in parts of the city. Teen pregnancy rates in the Bronx are the highest in the state, the audit said...