2.28.2008

Just the Facts



I like to keep up on the resources schools are using to figure out how to address the needs of our kids. Download the new edition of "Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel."

Here is a blurb from the AP press release:
It is intended to help school administrators foster safe and healthy school environments, in which all students can achieve to the best of their ability. "Just the Facts" includes the most recent information from professional health organizations, as well as up-to-date information on the legal responsibility of school officials to protect students from anti-gay harassment. "Just the Facts" has been mailed to all 16,000 public school superintendents in the United States.

FYI: Family Research Council has their own school related resource with a decidedly different spin. Their pamphlet titled, "Homosexuality and Your Children’s School," takes issue with publications like "Just the Facts" (and lots of other gay things). If you are up for a little bigotry you can read a synopsis here.

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