Karen Rayne & Jonathan Zimmerman: Sex in the Classroom

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Sex education is probably the most contentious social issue. The hostile disagreement isn’t just about what kind of “sex” children should be taught, it’s about who teaches it, to whom, and at what age:

• Should students be taught about sex by their parents at home or by professional teachers, as they sit next to their peers in a classroom?  
  
  
• Are teenagers way too young for sex education or already way too old?

The well-being of every U.S child is intricately tied to how and when and where they learn about myriad issues involving sex. Yet, to their detriment, consensus among U.S. States and their constituents is nowhere in sight.

Lucky for Vienna Live, the sex-education scholar, Karen Rayne, and history-of-U.S.-education scholar, Jonathan Zimmerman, give us their exclusive insight into sex education in the United States!